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=== Initial engagement ===
=== Initial engagement ===


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When a community consultant parachutes in to a new project, such as an upstream, these are the trail markers to look for:
 
* Ease of install, configuration
* Ease of getting help in a jam
* Attraction to participation -- can I do things on $FOO as a potentially new contributor?
* Joining the project -- how easy, what does it entail, what do I get?
* Barriers to commit rights in the code
* Clarity of a public roadmap


=== Quick wins ===
=== Quick wins ===

Revision as of 10:35, 18 May 2009

Engagement with Red Hat projects

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Initial engagement

When a community consultant parachutes in to a new project, such as an upstream, these are the trail markers to look for:

  • Ease of install, configuration
  • Ease of getting help in a jam
  • Attraction to participation -- can I do things on $FOO as a potentially new contributor?
  • Joining the project -- how easy, what does it entail, what do I get?
  • Barriers to commit rights in the code
  • Clarity of a public roadmap

Quick wins

Long term sustainability

Measuring success