Re: Docs Fad 2016

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On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 09:00:02AM +0200, Brian (bex) Exelbierd wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/02/2016 11:53 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > I'm not an expert at mapping out this kind of FAD, but since no one
> > else has built the agenda, here's a starting point.  I'm not looking
> > to impose a heavy process here, and I would *strongly* discourage
> > process mavens from bogging down that way.  We want to keep ideas
> > flowing and avoid ratholes.
> > 
> > The agenda gets wider/looser as it goes on.  This is purposely to
> > avoid running up against a clock at a critical point.  It's OK if we
> > finish some things early; conversely, if we run late, we have slack
> > time to account for that.
> > 
> > We will have an audio dial-in posted on the FAD page shortly for
> > remote folks who want to attend via phone.  This room does not have
> > built in video conferencing, but if that becomes necessary we can
> > broadcast from a laptop.
> > 
> > * * *
> > Friday, May 6  (all times in EDT, UTC-4)
> > 
> >    The goal for day 1 is to figure out the workflows we need to support
> >    for the best possible engagement across all the people involved.
> > 
> > * 09:30am - Arrive at lobby at Red Hat Tower -- I'm working with Remy
> > 	    so we can get everyone into the building appropriately.
> > 	    We have the "Fedora" room on 9th floor reserved, which is
> > 	    publicly accessible.
> > * 09:45am - Introductions, get acquainted
> > * 10:00am - Go around the room and state your meeting goals, pain
> > 	    points, what skills/resources you bring to the FAD
> > * 11:00am - Map out high level user stories (we may have some already)
> > 	    -- I would ask that we *AVOID* any talk about any specific
> > 	    tools, markup, or implementation until done with this
> > * 12:30pm - Lunch
> > * 02:00pm - Finish user stories
> > * 04:00pm - Start discussing currently available tools and the user
> > 	    stories they either hit or miss
> 
> This reads like a premature point to begin the introduction of a tools
> conversation.
> 
> Depending on the goals identified, I believe that discussing how
> (conceptually) to interconnect (without concern for tools) would be better.
> For example, if there is a desire to see greater shared content then a
> conversation around the type of content (i.e. Virtualization Documentation)
> and Format (i.e. How Tos, Articles, Books, etc.) would yield more value.
> This would seem to solidfy the what before trying to talk about the how.

You're right, but this is part of the intended goals of the user
stories.  "I'm a content consumer, and I expect/need to..." as well as
"I'm an expert content writer, and I expect/need to..." are ways to
find those answers.

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