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* In June a blog post will be published communicating officially the change.
* In June a blog post will be published communicating officially the change.
Research update
Research update
* Our User Study finished last week (May 29th) after 5 days of User Research. Here you can find some [https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/device-drop-off-first-impressions/8905 team thoughts] on observing the "unboxing"experience
* Our User Study finished last week (May 29th) after 5 days of User Research. Here you can find some [https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/device-drop-off-first-impressions/8905 team thoughts] on observing the "unboxing" experience
* The team did a first analysis of the individual [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By5ZvBZQRgjRMGFkR2VNWndTVlE&usp=sharing pre-interviews] with the girls to find out patterns and motivations in existing communication methods used by the girls (before the experiment)
* The team did a first analysis of the individual [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By5ZvBZQRgjRMGFkR2VNWndTVlE&usp=sharing pre-interviews] with the girls to find out patterns and motivations in existing communication methods used by the girls (before the experiment)
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByeF_fkExK_BU2JSMlJkWmRZbEk/view Prototypes] and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By5ZvBZQRgjRYndKaktTVzlPeXc/view Diaries] were picked up Liz and Katie ran the [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By5ZvBZQRgjRV2dsR05pWTFrVzg&usp=sharing post-interviews] with each couple of girls  
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByeF_fkExK_BU2JSMlJkWmRZbEk/view Prototypes] and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By5ZvBZQRgjRYndKaktTVzlPeXc/view Diaries] were picked up and Liz and Katie ran the [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By5ZvBZQRgjRV2dsR05pWTFrVzg&usp=sharing post-interviews] with each couple of girls  
* Metrics and Data Patterns gathered in the study were analyzed to share the top Level findings per pair, per device, and overall. They were used to develop specific questions for each of the pairs/girls during the post-interviews
* Metrics and Data Patterns gathered in the study were analyzed to share the top Level findings per pair, per device, and overall. They were used to develop specific questions for each of the pairs/girls during the post-interviews
* We’re planning to have some preliminary findings to share in London.
* We’re planning to have some preliminary findings to share in London.
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* '''We believe that broadcasting professional content (e.g. professional websites, contact info, twitter, etc) for conference presenters will help presenters promote themselves more easily than current methods''' Not validated
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Research
* After interviewing several conference presenters and after the analysis of all the info we have the results of our [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m1rQ0KVAAQNw-O--ey1w_u22Q2QJQUWO5vsbmvrL6Ms/edit?usp=sharing first User Study]. Our previous hypothesis was invalidated but we got other insights from the interviews to form 4 questions:
** How can we lessen people’s anxiety at conferences?
** What are the barriers for attendees to provide feedback?
** Can we make starting a conversation easier?
** Is Twitter the right tool for what attendees use it for?
* We are creating 3 types of experiments in London All Hands for further research to have more data about those new hypotheses and get some good insights that let us choose a single direction to follow
** Sched: Broadcast current happenings in a room to event attendees
** Reduce Anxiety: Broadcast helpful information to event attendees to help reduce anxiety.
** Personal Hook: Event attendees broadcast a piece of personal information to make starting conversations easier.
* A quick [https://docs.google.com/a/mozilla.com/document/d/1KpUFQEnAyT08Thg80zHbYuqQFTBp3_t47Atv_JHGWo8/edit?usp=sharing Research Plan] is being done to send out communications to CD, advertising the experiments and also to collect people's feedback.
Development
* Team is working on developing all the scenarios for the User Study. List of tasks described in [https://waffle.io/mozilla-magnet/magnet?milestone=Sprint%204%20%5BMay%2030th%20-%20June%2010th%5D Sprint 4] dashboard in waffle.
Other
* Last Thursday, project Magnet had his first check in with the Board. Herein you have the [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wyWzzRVjrQyZD5xo8G_SlmQYuO8Jle7wNU2lORCr13g/edit?usp=sharing slides] and the [https://vreplay.mozilla.com/replay/showRecordDetails.html?sortBy=date&viewCount=1&currentPage=1&groupBy=combo&roomFilter=&usernameFilter=&searchFilter=&usernameFullFilter=&myManager=0&adminManager=1&webCast=0&command=&recId=3237&auxMessage=&auxMessage1=&lang=en&langChanged=&tenantFilter=&securityTab= video recording]
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Revision as of 12:29, 7 June 2016

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Program Status Notes
Vaani Validation (Lindsay/Sandip) On Target
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Project Link Validation Stage (Julie/Preeti) On Target

The Project Link research study originally targeted the busy family segment and tested the following hypotheses:

  • The busy families want an easy way to help them with personalized reminders & memos for various people in their household. PROVED
  • The busy families want a way their children can interact with a device that can help with homework DISPROVED
  • The busy families want a simple way to order groceries (etc.) & get it delivered without having to use a screen no matter whether they are home or away. PROVED
  • The busy families want an easy way for everyone in their household to listen to music without any supervision or screen time. PROVED

Next steps:

Target the “Busy Mom” (segment refined after analyzing the study results)

  • Support a way to interact with Link using Voice
  • Implement a 3rd party voice solution - Voice research results were presented to the team last week.

Focus on the “Organize & Coordination” theme

  • Reminders
  • Schedule coordination
  • To-Do List (may be)

Develop our MVP in London

Link team is simultaneously investigating collaborations or partnerships with 3rd parties.

Smart TV for 2.6 Josh On Target
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Project Haiku Maria/Liz On Target
  • Creating an ambient method of communicating for 12 to 15 year old girls will create fewer interruptions that distract them from being in the moment at home and at school and improve their personal connections.

Project Name change

  • New official name for the project is "Project Haiku". We are right now replacing all the references in Wiki, GitHub... (More info in this tracking document)
  • In June a blog post will be published communicating officially the change.

Research update

  • Our User Study finished last week (May 29th) after 5 days of User Research. Here you can find some team thoughts on observing the "unboxing" experience
  • The team did a first analysis of the individual pre-interviews with the girls to find out patterns and motivations in existing communication methods used by the girls (before the experiment)
  • Prototypes and Diaries were picked up and Liz and Katie ran the post-interviews with each couple of girls
  • Metrics and Data Patterns gathered in the study were analyzed to share the top Level findings per pair, per device, and overall. They were used to develop specific questions for each of the pairs/girls during the post-interviews
  • We’re planning to have some preliminary findings to share in London.

Development

  • The team is also working on new enhancements or pending tasks that could improve the prototype performance in case of running another user study (detailed list)
Project Magnet Maria/Francisco On Target
  • We believe that broadcasting professional content (e.g. professional websites, contact info, twitter, etc) for conference presenters will help presenters promote themselves more easily than current methods Not validated

Research

  • After interviewing several conference presenters and after the analysis of all the info we have the results of our first User Study. Our previous hypothesis was invalidated but we got other insights from the interviews to form 4 questions:
    • How can we lessen people’s anxiety at conferences?
    • What are the barriers for attendees to provide feedback?
    • Can we make starting a conversation easier?
    • Is Twitter the right tool for what attendees use it for?
  • We are creating 3 types of experiments in London All Hands for further research to have more data about those new hypotheses and get some good insights that let us choose a single direction to follow
    • Sched: Broadcast current happenings in a room to event attendees
    • Reduce Anxiety: Broadcast helpful information to event attendees to help reduce anxiety.
    • Personal Hook: Event attendees broadcast a piece of personal information to make starting conversations easier.
  • A quick Research Plan is being done to send out communications to CD, advertising the experiments and also to collect people's feedback.

Development

  • Team is working on developing all the scenarios for the User Study. List of tasks described in Sprint 4 dashboard in waffle.

Other

  • Last Thursday, project Magnet had his first check in with the Board. Herein you have the slides and the video recording
Project Sensor Web Cindy/Wesley On Target
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Porting Nicole/David/Peter On Target
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Metrics for CD Maria/Dylan On Target
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Research Team Lindsay On Target
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Firefox OS Smartphone Sunset

Smartphone Transition Wiki

Smartphone Commercial Sunset (Karen) On Target
  • Smartphone Commercial Transition Wiki
  • Plan to continue support thru Q1 2018. Have some logistics to resolve for the period from Jan 1 2017 to March 31 2018. Will continue to keep an eye on that.
Code Transition (Julie) Done
Transition to Volunteer Community (Valentin) On Target

Global overview:

16 candidate volunteers for mentoring sessions, up from 13 a week ago; 165 people on Telegram, up from 144 a week ago; 261 people on IRC

  • Meetings on Thursday at 18:30 CEST/16:30 UTC/9:30am PDT/22:00 IST where you can participate in the following:
    • B2G Vidyo room
    • B2G OS telegram group
    • '#fxos' IRC channel on irc.mozilla.org.

Building and Porting (~10 volunteers)

  • There are regular volunteer builds for flame and volunteer builds for Open C
  • B2G installer addon signed, will be available on addons.mozilla.org soon

Infrastructure (2 volunteers)

  • Mozilla Corporation can continue to provide B2G infrastructure but not the staff to keep it running. May want a separate instance of certain tools.
  • Need volunteers to run the infrastructure.
  • Potential contributors identified.

Governance (8 volunteers)

  • Provisional Council created for the next 6 months, manifesto in progress
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