Another untested BOF: COACH

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>]

This is one of the WGs that is in the proposed process document from 
PROBLEM. The exact scope is certainly influencable.

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Comprehensive apprOACH to quality BOF (coach)

Monday, July 14 at 0900-1130
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CHAIRS: Bernard Aboba <aboba@internaut.com>
       John Loughney <john.loughney@nokia.com>

FULL DESCRIPTION:


This BOF will focus on proposals for quality improvement within the IETF 
process,
and determine if there is enough substance to work on a framework within 
which
these proposals are evaluated. The outcome of the BOF will be to determine
how best to proceed with these issues in the IETF.

There are concerns about the quality and timeliness of IETF output.
These problems are enumerated in the IETF Problem Statement, currently
under development in the Problem Statement Working Group.
The current IETF Problem Resolution Process document suggests
that a Working Group be formed to improve the quality processes,
including review processes, used by IETF Working Groups.

The goals of this BOF will be to determine a basic approach that the IETF
could take to WG process improvement, examine some of the documented 
proposal
for process improvement, and determine if there is enough interest and 
content
to warrant the creation of a WG to improve the quality processes used by 
Working
Groups.

One goal is to write one or more documents on aspects of a WG quality plan.
For example, a document on tracking tools - what's available, and more
importantly, how to use them to improve quality.  Another document on 
reviews
- how they might be conducted, the rules for reviewing, choosing reviewers, 
etc.
The benefit of this is that it while it requires Working Groups to think 
about
the issue, it doesn't require that all working groups come up with the same 
plan.

READING LIST:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-problem-issue-statement-01.t
xt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-problem-process-00.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-overload-00.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-carpenter-solution-sirs-00.txt

AGENDA:

Agenda Bashing (5 minutes)



Introduction (10 minutes)
       Existing RFC editorial guidelines - Scott Bradner

Quality: Overview and Framework (15 minutes)
 IETF  Problem Resolution Processes - Margaret Wasserman
 draft-ietf-problem-process-00.txt

Starting New Work (20 minutes)

 The BOF Process: A Critique
 Leslie Daigle

 IESG Overload and Quality of WGs - John Klensin
 draft-klensin-overload-00.txt

The WG Process (10 minutes)

 Decision points/milestones in the WG process - Margaret Wasserman
 TBA

The Review Process (20 minutes)

 Careful Additional Review of Documents (CARD) - Brian Carpenter
 draft-carpenter-solution-sirs-00.txt

 The Review Process in Action: The DCCP WG - Aaron Falk/Allison Mankin

Issue tracking tools (10 minutes)

 Requirements for IETF Tracking Tools
 TBA

Summary and Discussion (20 minutes)