Grants:IdeaLab/put a teahouse on it

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put a teahouse on it

build a process design toolkit / learning pattern to solve problems on wiki

idea creator• Slowking4

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created on04:53, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

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process design stinks, backlogs rise, until there is a drama campaign to address, editor burnout trying to keep up

What is your solution?

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use process design principles and learning patterns to build quality circles and spiral improvement.
the teahouse is an example of a dedicated team to address quality issues.
there is the mentality that software and increasing requirements and boilerplate will solve quality problems.
we need a new process design practice by the community to solve quality problems.

Reading list

• Spiral model
• https://www.sei.cmu.edu/reports/00sr008.pdf
• https://www.atlassian.com/agile/teams

Project goals

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build collaborative tool kit for quality circles

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• Teahouses for all! Jtmorgan (talk) 23:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

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