Redesigning Drupal.org: An Exercise in Open Source Design
Track: Development
Tags Development
Presentation files: Redesigning Drupal_org_ An Exercise in Open Source Design Presentation.pdf
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I'm wonderif this approach could be applied to designprocesses in large organisations with large numbers of contributers/editors/stakeholders. Those projects almost allways die the death-by-commitee, so could be the answer.
Good question Ron - the main thing to keep in mind is that even tho' 200k+ people are invited to participate in the project, as per the rules of community interaction, only a tiny percentage of those will actually register their opinions so we have nowhere near the volume that you might imagine.
We are being as rigorous as possible with the feedback, given the time we have available on the project (which is limited - we're moving quite quickly) - as I think I mentioned in the session - the main thing we're looking for is trends and anything particularly unexpected - these tend to 'stick out' even without significant analysis thankfully!
Jesper - that's an interesting question. I wonder if you'd ever get the scale required within an organisational project for it to go beyond 'committee' and to 'community'? That seems to be key to the success of this approach.... would definitely be interesting to try it out in a commercial environment tho'.
Sounded and looked very promising, I admire the enthusiasm. I would have guessed that a lot of the input is low quality and doesn't move the project forward. BTW - great talk, perfect use of limited time
Very much enjoyed this session. I think you were one of the top presenters i went to see. but you are all about user experience so this must be a natural thing,. :-)
@ronselling: have people vote on other peoples opinions about the design and things will get clearer
A very innovate yet sensible approach. I was wondering that after your work with Drupal you would be working with those guys from Wango?
A col concept presented with insight and a sense of humour. Thanks Leisa