RDLC2

[Partial Draft] Resource Development Life Cycle

EOWG follows a specific Resource Development Life Cycle to create and maintain our deliverables, which are called “resources”. This process is meant to ensure that resources are created and updated in a robust, consistent manner, with adequate working group review. Each resource is different, and some tasks may not apply.

EOWG documents go through the following stages:

1. Requirements & Planning
2. Conceptual Design
3. Draft
4. Public Review
5. Just Published
6. Maintenance

Each stage's key tasks, deliverables, and milestones are outlined below:

1. Requirements & Planning

This stage is for defining the resource's purpose, goals, scope, and audience as well as planning for the rest of the RDLC (Resource Development Life Cycle). At the end of this stage, the resource will have a clear direction, volunteers to work on it, and approval to move into the first design stage.

• Task(s)

1. Assign Resource Manager (EOWG volunteer, responsible for ushering resource through the RDLC)
2. Recruit volunteers (to help with analysis)
3. Conduct Requirements Analysis
4. Recruit volunteers (such as editors, designers, developers)
5. Create Resource Plan
6. EOWG Approval Resolution to move to Conceptual Design Stage

• Deliverable(s)
  • Requirements Analysis Document (Requirements Analysis Examples)
  • Resource Plan (Resource Plan Examples)

• Tips
  • Make sure audience (select Personas) or define new ones) and use cases are clearly defined
  • Review all the example documents to decide what makes the most sense as a template for the resource
  • Build a strategy for outreach directly in the resource plan

2. Conceptual Design

This stage is for defining the direction of the resource now that requirements including purpose, goals, scope, and audience have been agreed upon. This stage should include a definition of the minimum viable product (MVP) or the simplest product that meets all requirements, a suggested approach including technology, and an outline/wireframes/mockup to be reviewed by EOWG. At the end of this stage, members of EOWG should understand what the end product will generally look and behave like, and the resource will have approval to move into the Draft stage.

• Task(s)

1. Create Conceptual Design Document
2. EOWG Approval Resolution to move to Draft Stage

• Deliverable(s)
  • Conceptual Design Document (Conceptual Design Examples)

• Tips
  • This stage is not for details or wordsmithing. Think of this as approval of approach. Does the direction meet the requirements?