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- Member Advisory Board members
- Scientific Advisory Board members
- arXIV NG IT Advisory Group members
- arXiv staff and CUL leadership
Interview template:
Project scope and purpose:
- Having had a chance to review the proposal and list of deliverables, do you have any questions about the scope and purpose of the project (the first phase of planning and development for arXiv-NG)?
- Do you think we’re missing anything?
- Does anything seem superfluous?
- What is important to exclude from this project?
- Do you have any other thoughts on the scope and purpose of this project?
Technology model - first principles:
- An important, early decision we face is deciding what kind of technology model we want to adopt. What are your thoughts on:
- Using a complete commercial service or solution?
- Using a hybrid solution - some contracted services, in conjunction with in-house development?
- Complete in-house development using open source technologies and development methods?
Desired results and success:
- How would you measure success for this project?
- What specific outcomes would you like to see as a result of this work?
- Do you have any other thoughts on what success for this project will look like?
Potential risks and constraints:
- What essential work do you think we may have failed to account for?
- Where do you see the potential for scope creep, and how might we mitigate that?
- How might this project fail?
- Do you have any other thoughts on risks for this project?
Communication needs:
- We start this section with a description of the interviewee's stakeholder group is connected to arXiv-NG.
- Do you think this communication plan is adequate, for you and your stakeholder group? If not, what changes would you suggest?
- A broader communication plan is also a specific deliverable for this project. What other communication needs do you think we should pay attention to?
- Do you have any other thoughts on communication?