Program Management
The Engineering project and program management team works on Firefox as well as Platform. Project and program managers are connectors and facilitators who focus on issues that span organizational teams.
This wiki page lists the initiatives and goals of the program management team. It allows for a place to exchange process ideas and summarize meetings.
Contents
About Project and Program Management
Depending on the project, project and program managers may be responsible for one or more of the following:
- project inception (investigation) and planning
- goal and priority setting
- expectation management
- schedule
- scope management
- resource management
- inter-team collaboration and negotiation
Furthermore, project and program managers frequently assist in:
- running effective meetings
- communicating project status
Team
Find us on irc channel #pm for keeping in touch and collaboration.
| Name | IRC | Focus | Programs and Projects | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Chaulk | jchaulk at mozilla dot com | jchaulk | Firefox for iOS | |
| Shell Escalante | shell@mozilla.com | shell | ||
| Thomas Huelbert | thuelbert at mozilla dot com | thuelbert | Metrics data pipeline | |
| Erin Lancaster | elancaster at mozilla dot com | elancaster | ||
| Sheila Mooney | smooney at mozilla dot com | smooney | ||
| Marco Mucci | mmucci at mozilla dot com | marcom | ||
| Chris Peterson | cpeterson at mozilla dot com | cpeterson | ||
| Cory Price | ckprice at mozilla dot com | ckprice |
Programs
Active
Bugzilla Anthropology
- PM Martin Best
A deep dive into Mozilla's development practices via interviews and data mining Bugzilla.
CrashKill
- PM Sheila Mooney
Killing top crashes in Firefox browsers.
Firefox Desktop
- PM Marco Mucci
Firefox Desktop Web Browser.
- Project Wiki: View Site
- Product Backlog: View in Bugzilla
- Iteration Backlog: View Priority List
Firefox OS
- PM Dietrich Ayala, Michael Treese, Candice Serran
Mozilla's Web based mobile phone.
Firefox Marketplace
- PM Caitlin Galimidi, Lindsay Saunders, Maris Fogels
Providing web content across platforms
HTML5 Games
- EPM Erin Lancaster
A program to enable modern gaming on the HTML5 platform.
Firefox for Android
- EPM Jenn Chaulk
Mobile Firefox.
Mobile Web Compatibility
- PM Lawrence Mandel
Opening up the mobile Web to all browsers via best practices and standards based approaches.
Snappy
- PM Lawrence Mandel
Improving the responsiveness of the Firefox desktop browser.
Telemetry
- PM Lawrence Mandel
Collecting real world Firefox instance data to facilitate development decisions.
Mozilla Metrics
- PM Caitlin Galimidi
Providing dashboards and analytics to our product line owners and product decision makers
Proposals
- Quality
- Performance + Responsiveness
- Stability
- Security
- Paper cuts
Archive
- Apps - lmandel
- Desktop Hang Analysis - smooney
- Electrolysis - lmandel
- Silent Update - lmandel
Quarterly Goals
| 2015 | Q1 Goals | Q2 Goals | Q3 Goals | Q4 Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Q1 Goals | Q2 Goals | Q3 Goals | Q4 Goals | |
| 2013 | Q1 Goals | Q2 Goals | Q3 Goals | Q4 Goals | |
| 2012 | Q1 Goals | Q2 Goals | Q3 Goals | Q4 Goals | |
| 2011 | Q2 Goals | Q3 Goals | Q4 Goals |
Useful Links
Communication
| Communication Type | Mechanism | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| Chat/IRC | #pm | all |
| Weekly sync | Mondays, 9:00 AM PT
|
Program Managers |
| Meeting summaries | this wiki | all |
Minutes and Progress Reports
| 2014 |
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| 2012 | |
|---|---|
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| 2011 |
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Get Involved!
Want to get involved in Firefox program/project management? Visit the Mozilla Stewards page and the Engineering Program Management role description page to get a sense of what's involved. And get in touch - via irc channel #pm or the dev-planning mailing list.
