One of our phase one project deliverables is a project charter, and we wanted to share a little information on our process, including who we're interviewing, and the kinds of questions we're asking.
A project charter describes the project, addressing issues such as scope, desired results, and communication, and it documents a shared understanding of what a project is about. To gather input and reach some consensus on the scope of the first phase of arXiv-NG development, we're conducting a series of stakeholder interviews. In addition to eliciting information that can be included in the charter, the interviews serve as an opportunity to gather other useful information, such as specific suggestions for communication strategies, potential risks the project may face, and input on early technology decisions we have to make. Interviews are currently in progress, and it's our goal to finish them up in mid-January. We'll then draft the charter, and compile the other useful information we receive.
Stakeholder groups we're interviewing:
- Member Advisory Board members
- Scientific Advisory Board members
- arXIV NG IT Advisory Group members
- arXiv staff and CUL leadership