On 1 March 2013 16:19, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > I apologize in advance for talking like a corporation. But I think > there is some good things we can borrow from corporate thinking, and > one is to discuss and adopt long-term strategic plans. The danger of > not doing this is that continually focus on what is immediately in > front of our eyes, working on short-term, urgent activities, but never > accomplish the grand things that can only be done with a big effort > over time. > > To me a strategic plan means we look at where things are today, what > works, what doesn't. Then we step back and ask ourselves what our > goals should be over the next few years. Maybe even the next year. > But generally, thinking long-term, beyond the next release, beyond the > activities that we already have on our plates. > > Developing a shared vision for where we want to go is critical to > long-term success. > > As an example, I drafted some ideas on our websites and the challenges > and opportunities there: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Website+Strategic+Plan > > A very good initative, I do feel however that bugzilla and svn are also part of of our "outside" image and should be included.
I agree discussing and developing a shared vision is a requirement for a long term success, but it needs to be coupled with the available resources and possibilities, otherwise we might come to a vision that is unrealistic. rgds Jan I. > I'd love to hear your thoughts, and see your improvements or corrections. > > I'd also encourage anyone who has an interest to draft a similar > strategic plan for other areas, such as the AOO product itself, > Documentation, Development process/Build, Marketing, etc. Note: part > of this is being honest about what is not working well, as what is > working well. So please be critical, but constructive. > Regards, > > -Rob >
