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Program Management for Open Source Projects
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Program Management for Open Source Projects

by Ben Cotton
July 2022
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
5h 27m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Define the Context

Problem: You lack clarity on what problem the process is supposed to solve.

As with making decisions (see ​Identify the Problem​), you don’t need a unanimous agreement that a problem exists, although it helps if everyone can recognize that someone experiences the problem. If there’s no problem to solve, you don’t need to create a process. If you keep this in mind, you will be less likely to create a process just because you feel obligated to have one.

Set Goals

The first step in defining the context is to set the goal of the process. You state the problem but in a happy way. For example, in creating a bug triage process, your goal may be to decrease the average time to resolution by 10%. More likely, you’ll not be so specific ...

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