Hi all,
Here is a heads-up on a new BOF for Vienna.
br,
John
BOF NAME & ACRONYM: Comprehensive apprOACH to quality (COACH)
AREA: General
BOF CHAIR(S): Bernard Aboba, John Loughney
MAILING LIST:
List: ietf-quality(_at_)bogus(_dot_)com
Subscribe: majordomo(_at_)psg(_dot_)com
Body: subscribe ietf-quality(_at_)bogus(_dot_)com
Archive: http://psg.com/lists/ietf-quality
FULL DESCRIPTION:
This BOF will focus on proposals for quality improvement within the IETF
process, and
determine if there is enough substance to work on a framework within which these
proposals are evaluated. The outcome of the BOF will be to determine how best
to
proceed with these issues in the IETF.
There are concerns about the quality and timeliness of IETF output. These
problems
are enumerated in the IETF Problem Statement, currently under development in
the Problem
Statement Working Group. The current IETF Problem Resolution Process document
suggests
that a Working Group be formed to improve the quality processes, including
review
processes, used by IETF Working Groups.
The goals of this BOF will be to determine a basic approach that the IETF could
take
to WG process improvement, examine some of the documented proposal for process
improvement, and determine if there is enough interest and content to warrant
the creation
of a WG to improve the quality processes used by Working Groups.
One goal is to write one or more documents on aspects of a WG quality plan.
For example,
a document on tracking tools - what's available, and more importantly, how to
use them
to improve quality. Another document on reviews - how they might be conducted,
the rules for reviewing, choosing reviewers, etc. The benefit of this is that
it while
it requires Working Groups to think about the issue, it doesn't require that
all working
groups come up with the same plan.
READING LIST:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-problem-issue-statement-01.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-problem-process-00.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-overload-00.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-carpenter-solution-sirs-00.txt
AGENDA:
Agenda Bashing (5 minutes)
Introduction (10 minutes)
Existing RFC editorial guidelines - Scott Bradner
Quality: Overview and Framework (15 minutes)
IETF Problem Resolution Processes - Margaret Wasserman
draft-ietf-problem-process-00.txt
Starting New Work (20 minutes)
The BOF Process: A Critique
Leslie Daigle
IESG Overload and Quality of WGs - John Klensin
draft-klensin-overload-00.txt
The WG Process (10 minutes)
Decision points/milestones in the WG process - Margaret Wasserman
TBA
The Review Process (20 minutes)
Careful Additional Review of Documents (CARD) - Brian Carpenter
draft-carpenter-solution-sirs-00.txt
The Review Process in Action: The DCCP WG - Aaron Falk/Allison Mankin
Issue tracking tools (10 minutes)
Requirements for IETF Tracking Tools
TBA
Summary and Discussion (20 minutes)