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* [[http://people.mozilla.com/~dietrich/basecamp/counts.html Firefox OS]]
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==== Transcripts ====
=== Current Work ===


Below are the results of the interviews conducted so far.  These are the raw transcripts so they are unfiltered and the raw input that was given by the participants.  Summaries of this information will be coming but these will be useful for those that want to dig a little deeper.


'''Summaries'''


‎3 Page Summary on Interview Topic Categorization: [[file:BA_-_3_page_summary.pdf]]


'''Interviews'''
=== Parallel Efforts ====


* [https://bugzillaanthropology.etherpad.mozilla.org/2 Ehsan Akhgari]
Despite what exists, there is distinct need for more tools to better manage the large number of issues BZ deals with
'''Write Ins'''


* [https://bugzillaanthropology.etherpad.mozilla.org/21 Romaxa]
* '''B-Team''' – Working directly on BZ to improve it’s dashboards
* [https://bugzillaanthropology.etherpad.mozilla.org/20 Scoobidiver]
* '''David Bosewell''' – interest from the community perspective: needs to measure the effectiveness of the community programs
* '''Liz Henry''' – Looking into bug triage practices
* '''Marco Mucci''' – Currently using Scumbugs to track Metro, but needs better tools
* '''UX Team'' – has settled on BZ for tracking bugs, but need tools to manage their work
* '''Release Engineering''' – Has hired an intern to produce operational dashboards: to sort tracking bugs by component/priority and assignee.


== Mozilla Dashboards ==


Gathering statistics on Bugzilla usage is a good way to provide an additional perspective that can help corroborate or question the information we gather via the interviews.  A tool has emerged that seems to provide some solid insight into this area.


*[https://metrics.mozilla.com/pentaho/content/pentaho-cdf-dd/Render?solution=metrics&path=bugzilla/solr/QA&file=QA.wcdf QA Dashboard]
*[https://metrics.mozilla.com/data/content/pentaho-cdf-dd/Render?solution=community&path=%2Fdashboards&file=LandingPage.wcdf Tracking Contribution]
As this data significant influence on the interpretation of interview findings, verifying that the data presented is accurate is very important.  This work is currently being discussed on the following Etherpad:


*[https://etherpad.mozilla.org/6FqZHUhcca QA Dashboard Vetting Etherpad]


 
==== ElasticSearch (Technical Summary)====
=== ElasticSearch (Technical Summary)===


Despite ES's technical limitations, the current Javascript libraries give us both fast and expressive dash-boarding capability:  Scanning 7million documents in sub-second time.
Despite ES's technical limitations, the current Javascript libraries give us both fast and expressive dash-boarding capability:  Scanning 7million documents in sub-second time.
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** Javascript library to convert SQL-like queries to ES/MVEL queries
** Javascript library to convert SQL-like queries to ES/MVEL queries
** Javascript DB implementation to perform the joins and sophisticated calculations on client
** Javascript DB implementation to perform the joins and sophisticated calculations on client


* Further Issues  
* Further Issues  
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