2022-11-25 Book signing and talk at OLF At the OLF Conference, I’ll deliver “Your bug tracker and you.” I’ll also be doing a signing of Program Management for Open Source Projects. Categories Talks
2022-07-28 Exploring our bugs, part 2! (Nest With Fedora) At Nest With Fedora, I took an updated look at stats from years of Fedora Linux bug reports. Abstract: This talk picks up where last year’s “Exploring our bugs” talk left off. It updates stats to include F33 and F34 bugs. But it also adds new dimensions to talk about process changes: how have our blocker and freeze exception bugs... Categories Talks
2022-07-21 Your bug tracker and you (SCaLE) At SCaLE 19x, I presented “Your bug tracker and you.” This is an extended version of my SeaGL 2021 talk. For SeaGL, I said “I got it completely written and then realized that I had focused on entirely the wrong aspects and had to rewrite it.” Since my time slot at SCaLE is twice as long, you’ll get the parts... Categories Talks
2022-01-28 Using conferences for connections I no longer primarily attend conferences for the talks. Now I attend to make and reinforce connections with community members. Categories Posts
2021-11-06 Your bug tracker and you (SeaGL) At SeaGL2021, I presented my talk on bug tracking for the first time. One fun fact about this talk: I got it completely written and then realized that I had focused on entirely the wrong aspects and had to rewrite it. I’m pleased with how it turned out, though. I plan on proposing it for future conferences. Slides Abstract: Your... Categories Talks
2021-09-16 Hold on loosely: project management in open source (POSI) I joined Jim Hall, Jen Krieger, and Jamie Rachel for a panel moderated by Sam Kimbrel at the inaugural Practical Open Source Information (POSI) conference. We discussed the challenges that open source communities present and how they can benefit from project management. Abstract: Whether you’re an experienced project manager or new to the field, project management in open source projects... Categories Talks
2021-08-05 Exploring our bugs (Nest With Fedora) At Nest With Fedora, I shared a preliminary exploration of historical Fedora Linux bug reports. This was a building block for the “Your Bug Tracker and You” talk, as well as the bug management chapter of Program Management for Open Source Projects. Slides Date: 5 August 2021 Location: virtual This post’s featured image is by Neringa Hünnefeld on Unsplash Categories Talks
2020-11-07 Scheduling your open source project (SeaGL) At SeaGL 2020, I shared a variety of ways to schedule an open source project release — and how to keep the schedule accurate as you go. Talk was essentially a trial run of the scheduling chapter in Program Management for Open Source Projects. Date: 7 November 2020 Location: virtual This post’s featured image by J Taubitz on Unsplash Categories Talks
2020-09-25 Herding cats: program management in communities (DevConf.US) This is an updated and extended version of my DevConf.CZ 2019 talk presented at DevConf.US 2020. Date: 25 September 2020 Location: virtual Abstract: Large open source projects are complex. Whether you have someone formally filling the role or not, your project is performing program management tasks. This talk covers some of the key work that program managers perform in community... Categories Talks
2019-08-08 Changing the Changes Process (Flock to Fedora) Shortly after I delivered this Flock to Fedora talk, we abandoned the planned improvements. The Taiga interface proved to be a little too user-hostile. Specifically, the requirement that each field be saved separately would almost certainly result in a lot of lost data. So we’re (as of the end of 2021) still using the old system. But I’m still thinking... Categories Talks
