[Design] Preview Meeting - Monday Feb 26th @ 1:15pm

[Philippe Bossut]

Ted Leung wrote:
> I had (and have) no issues with the process or the descriptions of the 
> milestones.   I would just point out that having exit metrics for a 
> milestone doesn't always mean you can tell when you will exit.   

Sure, to know when, you need to identify the tasks, SWAG and load 
balance between people. Criteria though makes clear for everybody what 
each milestone means and avoid "cheating" when the milestone comes by 
hand waving issues and declaring victory (done usually when no one 
really knows what the milestone really means...).

> We have had varying performance metrics over the years, and it has 
> taken us varying (and long) times to meet those metrics.   So +1 to 
> exit criteria and the milestones you listed, but caution on believing 
> that means we know how long it will take to hit perf targets. 

Perf targets in particular is the most difficult thing to predict 
indeed. It was suggested that we identify a first phase during the post 
FC period where *everyone* would only do performance work. This is a 
good idea so that everyone feels some ownership over the performance 
problem and not just some people. I'm in favor of this: I think we'd do 
tremendous progress performance wise if we all focus on that for a 
couple of weeks at least. That wouldn't prevent some to work on this 
longer but having all of us on it for a while would help.

Cheers,
- Philippe