WG Quality Processes WG

john.loughney at nokia.com john.loughney at nokia.com
Tue Jun 3 07:12:18 CEST 2003


Scott,

> I'm just reluctant to make it a WG without an immutable time-to-live,
> less than a year.  I want them to take on just one or two possible
> changes at a time.  A change which is so major that it takes longer
> should be shepherded by the IESG (at this group's 
> instigation?).  It can
> be recreated (not just rechartered) every time.  We have a precedent,
> the NomCom.  I don't want the group to get stuck in its ways.

So, putting it in different terms, if we go forward with such
a WG, are you suggesting it should have an extremely tight charter
that requires re-chartering to continue?

John

 
> On Sat, May 31, 2003 10:05:24PM -0400, Margaret Wasserman 
> allegedly wrote:
> >     A working group should be formed in the General Area of 
> the IETF to
> >     oversee improvements to the quality processes used in 
> IETF WGs, and
> >     to increase the effectiveness of IETF reviews at all 
> levels.  This
> >     group should take an experimental, iterative approach to these
> >     improvements:
> > 
> >          - Identify and prioritize a set of promising proposals for
> >            improvement.
> >          - Figure out what each proposal is trying to improve (in
> >            measurable terms) and define a metric to measure 
> performance
> >            in that area.
> >          - Determine the current level of performance against the
> >            defined metric.
> >          - Institute each change in a few representative WGs (on a
> >            volunteer basis).
> >          - Measure the results to determine if each change was
> >            successful.
> >          - Make successful changes available IETF-wide, by 
> publishing
> >            them in BCP RFCs.
> >          - As necessary, train WG chairs and other 
> participants on the
> >            how to implement the successful improvements in 
> their WGs.
> >          - Repeat as necessary.
> 


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