On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 01:20:40PM -0400, Keith Moore wrote:
Suggestions:
- limit the goals: charter most groups to only do tasks that can reasonably
be completed within a year, or 18 months at the most. allow a six month
extension when necessary, but expect that the group will *shut down*
(not be rechartered) after this period.
Yes. Setting the goals correctly is critical in an environment like the
IETF. Corollary: design the goals so that participants won't feel the
need for much feature creep once the working group is rolling.
- try to identify likely solutions to the fundamental problems *before* the
group is chartered
I like the idea that a WG is chartered for either requirements or
solutions.
- have the chair (or the AD) periodically send out the group's charter and a
status report to the mailing list, to remind people of where they are.
- explicitly include last call and IESG review of each document in the
timetables. also include at least one document revision cycle per
document following such review.