Project Management/2011 Q4
Overview
Challenge
Mozilla has a lot of projects going on and each team tracks and manages those projects in different ways. This means that we never have a complete big-picture view of how our resources and people are being used and how this fits in with our organization-wide goals. It also means that inter-team communication can be difficult; some teams are bombarded with work from multiple sources and work is not coordinated efficiently.
Proposal
We would like to find a tool that will enable us to centrally track projects, resources and people along with how our projects fit into the organization's goals.
In order to pick the best tool, and (especially) to implement it in a way that works for everyone, we need to know more about what people are currently doing to manage their projects. It is important to note that we are not looking to replace Bugzilla or the existing wikis, but instead to augment your current tool set with the minimum amount of information and features necessary to gain organization-wide visibility into your projects.
Team
The following team was created after multiple conversations with IT/QA/Infrasec on resource constraints and how we can better plan for future projects. Jim Cook called a meeting with a few of the people below to kick off conversations and plans on how to improve project management for all of Mozilla.
- Jim Cook (Finance) - Project champion
- Chris More (WebDev Web Production) - Team lead
- Christie Koehler (WebDev Web Production)
- Mike Alexis (WebDev Web Production)
- Laura Thomson (WebDev Webtools)
- Fred Wenzel (WebDev)
- Stephen Donner (WebQA)
- Matthew Zeier (Operations)
- Corey Shields (IT)
- Michael Coates (InfraSec)
- Jeff Vier (Services Operations)
- Sheila Mooney (Engineering)
- Martin Best (Engineering)
- David Ascher (Labs)
- Stormy Peters (Engagement)
- John Slater (Engagement)
- Mary Colvig (Engagement)
- Melissa Shapiro (Engagement)
- Jane Finette (Engagement)
- Patrick Finch (Engagement)
- Stephanie Schipper (Foundation)