Firefox/Activity Stream/Status/15-Oct-2017
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Firefox Activity Stream - Desktop Status Report - MMM-DD-YYYY
Project Health & Exec Summary
On track, issues well managed 
Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations 
Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required
| Target | Health | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| FF56 (Release) |
|
Activity Stream in 56 Release channel is preff'd off by default. Conducting studies via Shield pref-flipping to gather data from defined percentages of the Beta population. |
| FF57 (Beta) |
|
Activity Stream in 57 Beta is preff'd on by default, but pref is flipped off for a defined control population for specific Shield studies. <br<>
No issues currently identified as blocking 57. Decision/Recommendation is to move Activity Stream to release on both about:newtab and about:home |
| FF58 (Nightly) |
|
Development in progress. Scope mainly focused on continued performance improvements |
Risks & Issues
Top Level Issues/Roadblocks
| Description of Issue/Roadblock | Severity | Area(s) Affected | Owner | Status | Due Date | Update/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk Profile
| Description of Risk | Severity | Likelihood | Impact (SxL) | Mitigation | Contingency | Status/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity Stream on about:home has inadequate performance, negatively affecting user engagement and retention | 4 - high | 3 - medium | 12 | |||
| Snippets or Pocket production servers are compromised | 5 - very high | 2 - low | 10 | |||
| Onboarding Tour negatively affects Firefox engagement and retention | 3 - medium | 3 - medium | 9 | |||
| Firefox and AS engagement and retention are negatively affected because new Snippets form factor is viewed by users as too aggresive or distracting | 3 - medium | 2 - low | 6 | |||
| Firefox and AS engagement and retention are negatively affected because users are confused about the difference between about:home and about:newtab | 2 - low | 2 - low | 4 | |||
| AS engagement metrics suffer because we do not have good Tippytop metadata | 3 - medium | 1 - very low | 3 |
Sprint/Release Performance
Release:
Sprint:
- In Development.
- Team has [https:// completed ##%] of the Project MVP Backlog.
- QA has [https:// verified ##%] of all Project MVP Backlog work requiring testing.
- High priority reserve work [https:// currently in development].
- All reserve work [https:// completed to date].