[Product] Time to Pick Topics

Shamail itzshamail at gmail.com
Wed Jan 21 22:30:16 UTC 2015


I'm happy to participate and help any parties that want the extra help. :-)

Thanks,
Shamail Tahir
Cloud Architect, EMC
t: @ShamailXD
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> On Jan 21, 2015, at 5:27 PM, sean roberts <seanroberts66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sounds great
> 
>> On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, <Arkady_Kanevsky at dell.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I will be happy to lead either:
>> 
>> Tempest and Grenade as deployment/upgrade validation tool, or
>> 
>> interleaving Enterprise readiness into themes, maturity and longer term
>> architecture
>> 
>> Breakout Sessions.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Arkady
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *From:* Haselmaier, James [mailto:James.Haselmaier at emc.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','James.Haselmaier at emc.com');>]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 21, 2015 4:16 PM
>> *To:* sean roberts; Kanevsky, Arkady
>> *Cc:* brian.rosmaita at rackspace.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brian.rosmaita at rackspace.com');>;
>> aj.park at icloud.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','aj.park at icloud.com');>;
>> cohen at noironetworks.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cohen at noironetworks.com');>;
>> rochelle.grober at huawei.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rochelle.grober at huawei.com');>;
>> product-wg at lists.openstack.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','product-wg at lists.openstack.org');>
>> *Subject:* Re: Time to Pick Topics
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I’m willing to help/lead this session.  Hopefully it’s “help” - meaning
>> others will want to contribute.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The bottom line:  Sign me up to be coordination point if you like.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *From: *sean roberts <seanroberts66 at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','seanroberts66 at gmail.com');>>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 3:01 PM
>> *To: *"Arkady_Kanevsky at dell.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Arkady_Kanevsky at dell.com');>" <
>> Arkady_Kanevsky at dell.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Arkady_Kanevsky at dell.com');>>
>> *Cc: *"brian.rosmaita at rackspace.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brian.rosmaita at rackspace.com');>" <
>> brian.rosmaita at rackspace.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','brian.rosmaita at rackspace.com');>>, Jim
>> Haselmaier <James.Haselmaier at emc.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','James.Haselmaier at emc.com');>>, "
>> aj.park at icloud.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','aj.park at icloud.com');>" <
>> aj.park at icloud.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','aj.park at icloud.com');>>,
>> "cohen at noironetworks.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cohen at noironetworks.com');>" <
>> cohen at noironetworks.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cohen at noironetworks.com');>>, "
>> rochelle.grober at huawei.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rochelle.grober at huawei.com');>" <
>> rochelle.grober at huawei.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rochelle.grober at huawei.com');>>, "
>> product-wg at lists.openstack.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','product-wg at lists.openstack.org');>" <
>> product-wg at lists.openstack.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','product-wg at lists.openstack.org');>>
>> *Subject: *Re: Time to Pick Topics
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The voting is in
>> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/kilo-product-management-midcycle
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ·  1. ( Randy Bias would be the speaker, but will be out of town, someone
>> else willing to step in?) establish a process by which longer term vision
>> and product direction can emerge from within the community,
>> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/product-wg/2014-December/000051.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Plus
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 2-3 year architecture / use case strategy. Win the Enterprise is doing
>> parts of this. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Win_the_Enterprise. Each
>> project has its own vision for the future. This group should debate the
>> current state of binding use cases to development plans on a ongoing basis.
>> 
>> 
>> 2.  (Sean Robertss speaker unless a TC member could be found) Tagging
>> approach to project maturity, http://ttx.re/the-way-forward.html, TC spec
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/138504/5/resolutions/20141202-project-structure-reform-spec.rst
>> 
>> 3. (Rob Hirschfeld as speaker) defcore and refstack. havana capabilities
>> and designated sections are set. What does this mean? What's in store for
>> icehouse and beyond?
>> 
>> 4. (Gary Kotton as speaker) Neutron services split
>> https://github.com/openstack/neutron-specs/blob/master/specs/kilo/services-split.rst
>> 
>> 5. (Sean, Allison, Rob, Stefano will lead the discussion) discuss this
>> group's charter.   Establish cadence and forum for regular meetings of
>> this working group <- perhaps one to coincide with the BoD meeting in NY
>> in March?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Breakout sessions: Crossproject specs and efforts this cycle
>> 
>> 1.       - Logging rationalization efforts/direction including
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/132552/
>> 
>> 2.       - OS profiler including
>> 
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/134839/
>> 
>> - Tempest and Grenade as deployment/upgrade validation tool
>> 
>> -  Telco group and Public Cloud Providers architecture/strategy/use cases
>> 
>> - interleaving Enterprise readiness into themes, maturity and longer term
>> architecture
>> 
>> - any others?
>> 
>> 
>> On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, <Arkady_Kanevsky at dell.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Arkady_Kanevsky at dell.com');>> wrote:
>> 
>> As long as we can interleave Enterprise readiness into themes, maturity
>> and longer term architectures I am fine with this list to start.
>> Arkady
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Rosmaita [mailto:brian.rosmaita at RACKSPACE.COM]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 2:35 PM
>> To: Haselmaier, James; AJ Park; Mike Cohen; Rochelle Grober;
>> product-wg at lists.openstack.org
>> Subject: Re: [Product] Time to Pick Topics
>> 
>> I agree with Jim on both points, viz., Randy's topic as #1 choice and
>> discussing release "themes".
>> 
>> cheers,
>> brian
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Haselmaier, James [James.Haselmaier at emc.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 2:37 PM
>> To: AJ Park; Mike Cohen; Rochelle Grober; product-wg at lists.openstack.org
>> Subject: Re: [Product] Time to Pick Topics
>> 
>> If I were to pick my top concern it¹s Randy¹s.  (AJ¹s #1 below.)  I think
>> a number of things flow out of getting that right.  If we don¹t get that
>> right then I think we have virtually no hope of keeping the teams
>> coordinated at some level.  As part of Randy¹s I¹d also drive to establish
>> the concept of ³themes² for each release - and specifying those themes more
>> than one release out.  So, for example, if a theme is reliability, each
>> project can point to efforts in that direction.  Or interoperability, or
>> whatever.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>>> On 1/20/15, 11:33 AM, "AJ Park" <aj.park at icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My votes:
>>> 
>>> 1. (Randy) establish a process by which longer term vision and product
>>> direction can emerge from within the community,
>>> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/product-wg/2014-December/000051.ht
>>> ml
>>> 
>>> 2. (Sarob)Tagging approach to project maturity,
>>> http://ttx.re/the-way-forward.html, TC spec
>>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/138504/5/resolutions/20141202-project-
>>> str
>>> ucture-reform-spec.rst
>>> 
>>> 3. (sarob) 2-3 year architecture / use case strategy. Win the
>>> Enterprise is doing parts of this.
>>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Win_the_Enterprise. Each project has
>>> its own vision for the future. This group should debate the current
>>> state of binding use cases to development plans on a ongoing basis.
>>> 
>>> Note: I expect #3 to emerge when we follow the process determined in #1.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> AJ
>>> 
>>> On Jan 20, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Mike Cohen <cohen at noironetworks.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ideas I've heard on this thread that I would vote for:
>>> 
>>> - rob on defcore / revstack. , Should cover broader governance changes
>>> for projects here or in an adjacent session.
>>> - multi-release strategy / long term vision (maybe randy?)
>>> - Discussion on what the goals of this group are / what charter is.
>>> Doesn't seem we've closed on this over email.
>>> - Use Cases / Key gaps in OpenStack that need to be filled
>>> - Overview / Review of what operators group is doing / has done (for
>>> background for everyone)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Rochelle Grober
>>> <rochelle.grober at huawei.com
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> sean roberts [mailto:seanroberts66 at gmail.com], Monday, January 19, 2015
>>> 1:18 PM wrote:
>>> The win the enterprise group continues to come up with use cases. It's
>>> working on adding filling gaps in the docs as well.
>>> Between the operator, win the enterprise groups, this subteam would
>>> isolate and test out those use cases and publish the results?
>>> [Rockyg]
>>> Excellent question. I think it would be really useful to have/get a
>>> quick overview of these non-developer groups and their charter/mission.
>>> I was under the impression that the win the enterprise group was a
>>> cross between product marketing and product management? Not sure.
>>> My thoughts on the reference architecture team(s) would be that as a
>>> cross project group, they could identify/specify architectures based on
>>> use cases, then work together to define, document, automate
>>> installation and interop testing and publish all of the generated
>> information.
>>> I think, after the initial implement/document/publish cycle, the
>>> hardest part will be updating for every OpenStack release. And, if the
>>> devs get the upgrade process correct, then it might mostly be
>>> documenting the new and deprecated features.
>>> The key take away here is that there should be a less than one day
>>> process for any of the endusers to install a small multimode cloud for
>>> their own purposes, similar to what devstack does for devs. And for
>>> endusers, it needs to be extremely well documented.
>>> This could even be used in training courses for the lab work phases.
>>> --Rocky
>>> On Monday, January 19, 2015, Rochelle Grober
>>> <rochelle.grober at huawei.com <mailto:rochelle.grober at huawei.com>> wrote:
>>> I believe Rob Hirschfeld will be in attendance so, Rob (and I if he
>>> wants
>>> me) can cover the DefCore and Refstack session. Rob is certainly the
>>> expert on DefCore.
>>> I'd also like to propose a session on defining/finding a project
>>> manager to start creating some reference architectures with tested
>>> installs. Right now there is a discussion on the Operators' list on a
>>> small installation,
>>> 3-5 nodes, with HA. This could be a fine first reference architecture
>>> with all the code and docs to make it similar (or better) to install
>>> than devstack. This is also a good architecture for prospective users
>>> for prototyping, testing, or small business installation. Spec'ing this
>>> out during the summit, or at least getting a good start, along with a
>>> volunteer project manager, would be a very worthwhile endeavor for the
>>> meetup.
>>> --Rocky
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: sean roberts [mailto:seanroberts66 at gmail.com<javascript:;>]
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 11:44 AM
>>> To: product-wg at lists.openstack.org<javascript:;>
>>> Subject: [Product] Time to Pick Topics
>>> It¹s time to finalize the OpenStack Product Management topics for the
>>> Kilo midcycle meeting <
>>> http://sarob.com/2015/01/openstack-kilo-product-management-midcycle-com
>>> ing
>>> -to-a-greater-understanding/
>>> coming
>>> up. We will need speakers for each topic. I want to get the best
>>> authority possible for each talk, so locking down the topics is
>>> required. I will need to get their commitment as soon as possible.
>>> More details on this post
>>> http://sarob.com/2015/01/getting-ready-for-the-product-management-kilo-
>>> mid
>>> cycle/
>>> --
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