Strategic Plan
Participation, July 2016
DRAFT for discussion
These five documents are important context:
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Participation Mission Statement
(updated 07/04/2016)
The Participation Team develops community leaders and contributors who will invent, shape and defend the internet, and activates them to supercharge Mozilla’s products and our movement.
We do this by:
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Sidebar: Open Innovation & Participation
In Q2, the Open Innovation and Participation teams merged under the CIO. This is some context about that, and implications for the org.
Merger With Innovation (updated 04/07/2016)
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Open Innovation Mission Statement (updated 04/07/2016)
The Open Innovation Group serves everyone who wants to innovate across all areas of the Mozilla project by advancing our capabilities in open, distributed, collaborative innovation. We do this by adopting and adapting best practises at the management and operational levels, including by:
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Org Overview
(updated 04/07/2016)
For 2H 2016, the focus for integration is interaction amongst teams focused on open innovation. The overall structure of two groups (Participation and Open Innovation) remains. The rationale for this is to maximise for execution against needs defined in 1H 2016. The structure may be revisited in 2017.
The focus for integration is therefore “Collaborative Innovation”, prototyping new collaboration models.
This document focuses on the Participation strategy and plan.
Participation
Open Innovation
Products & Pipeline
Innovation
Capabilities
Collaborative Innovation
Participation Design
Communities & Leadership
Software
Creating and sustaining a product pipeline.
Improving the culture of innovation.
Connecting Mozilla initiatives to new, valuable allies
Designing Participation programs to Mozilla objectives
Build capabilities and activate�core contributor mobilizers/leaders & communities
Design and build tools to support a radically participative organisation
Operations
Planning overhead, Overall program mgt, Comms
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Participation �2H 2016 Strategy
3 Year Vision (updated 24/06/2016)
By 2019, participation of our core contributors will bring unquestionable value to all of Mozilla’s core strategies.� �We aim to have participation supercharge both our products and our movement. It will be a force for both innovation and execution for our products. It will become our most important strategy for building momentum behind our issues agenda.� Participation Team Mission: The Participation Team develops community leaders and contributors who will invent, shape and defend the internet, and activates them to supercharge Mozilla’s products and our movement. We design and implement specific participation initiatives, develop and activate core contributor mobilizers/leaders and communities, deliver software/systems and practices that increase the impact of participation across Mozilla | ||||
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Key measurements: Impact on issues agenda - issues/developer sentiment, deep relationships Impact of contributions - against prioritized needs Skills of leaders/core contributors - growth in skills against key needs (existing people and new) Community capabilities - ability of communities to take action on key needs (size, health, resources) |
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A few important guiding insights and hypotheses for 2H...
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1) Substantial change and ambiguity in Mozilla
1) Substantial change and ambiguity in Mozilla
The products many of our people were rallying around are gone. For the foreseeable future, no new products (other than Firefox) will be stable.
Hypothesis 1: �We can and should connect people with Mozilla and our Mission/Issues Agenda
2) Traditional areas of contribution may be different or less relevant/impactful
2) Traditional areas of contribution may be different or less relevant/impactful
Hypothesis 2:
We can start honest conversations about what activities do and don’t have impact and why, and aim/re-direct volunteer energy where it is valuable.
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Cost of product and technical translation is dropping to zero … what does this mean
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QC increasingly automated or inexpensive … what does this mean
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Product acquisition happens through paid online marketing … what does this mean
3) There is much more “competition” for people’s time and attention
3) There is much more “competition” for people’s time and attention
Hypothesis 3:
We can “compete” if we focus on building participation programs, tools and resources that are truly excellent → deliver value for Mozilla’s mission and to our core contributors.
Two more hypotheses that will guide our efforts...
Hypothesis 4:
We can and need to move from a primary individual contributor lens/program design → to collective/team contribution in order to have substantial impact on our mission.
Hypothesis 5:
The areas we need to develop (and experiment with) ‘leading edge participation’ capabilities are:
Strategic objectives and programs �for 2H 2016
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Build Core Strength
Extend �Mozilla’s �Reach
Of our issues agenda, to developers, and of our products
Grow Our Influence
Help�Mozilla�Innovate
By supercharging new products/tech, and bringing new ideas and people
Prototype the Future
Strategic objectives
(revisited)
Build Capabilities of �Core Contributor Mobilizers & Communities
Through skill-building, community building programs, and software/systems and participation practices
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Emerging strategy on people
Established Leaders:
Shape broad strategy + influence in the world
Super-mobilizers:
Build and operate participation/ mobilization programs
Mobilizers:
Organize and activate contributors at scale + drive excellence
Core Contributors:
Deliver value/contributions directly to Mozilla mission and strategy
Today = ~a few → grow to dozens
Tactic: Find a connect with Mozilla on specific topics/functions
Today = ~25 mostly staff → grow to dozens
Tactic: Continue investing in staff skills and keep our eye out for talent
Today = ~200 → grow to 1,000+
Tactic: Reps Next + Leadership curriculum + Gatherings + Online skill-building + Campaigns to run
Today = ~thousands → grow to tens of thousands
Tactic: Invest in Mobilizers + Activity campaigns/well designed-programs of focus + Test programs to attract superstar individual contributors
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Emerging strategy on people
Embedded hypothesis: Focusing on mobilizers (vs. innovation/problem solving/strategy) is where we will get the maximum impact for our efforts.
Established Leaders:
Shape broad strategy + influence in the world
Super-mobilizers:
Build and operate participation/ mobilization strategies and programs
Mobilizers:
Organize and activate contributors at scale + drive excellence
Core Contributors:
Deliver value/contributions directly to Mozilla mission and strategy
Today = ~a few → grow to dozens
Tactic: Find a connect with Mozilla on specific topics/functions
Today = ~25 mostly staff → grow to dozens
Tactic: Continue investing in staff skills and keep our eye out for talent
Today = ~200 → grow to 1,000+
Tactic: Reps Next + Leadership curriculum + Gatherings + Online skill-building + Campaigns to run
Today = ~thousands → grow to tens of thousands
Tactic: Invest in Mobilizers + Activity campaigns/well designed-programs of focus + Test programs to attract superstar individual contributors
Focus here!
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3 methods for growing mobilizer capacity
1) Recruit junior and grow into Mobilizers
→ Campus program is key
2) Upskill existing mobilizers
→ Gatherings + Skill-building program is key
3) Recruit new more experienced people
→ Need a strategy and value proposition here
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Before going into program details...
Different programs, different emphasis
Build and experiment
Production
Bottom line:
Learning/hypothesis validation + clarify future
Bottom line:
Deliver results
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Strategic Roadmap (updated 12/07/2016)
Objective | Q3 2016 | Q4 2016 | Q1 2017 | Q2 2017 |
Build Capabilities | | | | |
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Extend Mozilla’s Reach | | | | |
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Help Mozilla Innovate | | | | |
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Campus program - restructure
Reps program evolution - implementation
Campus program scaling
Reps program - scaling
Q3 Activity Campaign
1H Activity Campaign
MakerParty - plan
Experiment/design new tech contribution areas -- Servo/Quantum, Software economics, Tor, etc
Bring innovators/ideas to Mozilla - pilot experiments/strategy
Skill-building - Deliver regional gatherings
Skill-building - Deliver foundational resources
Skill-building - Experiment with online skill-building
Skill-building - Deliver global gatherings
Skill-building - Deliver online skill- building program
New tech contribution into production
Mozilla ID - IAM/Auth - delivery
Supercharge CD projects + events - further experiments incl. User-Driven Innovation pilot
Contribution to CD projects - production
MakerParty - deliver
Bring innovators/ideas to Mozilla - planning
Bring innovators/ideas to Mozilla - production
Metrics - beta implementation/learning
Volunteer Mgmt Systems/Collab Systems - Research & trials
Volunteer Mgmt Systems/Collab Systems - Actionable vision
Volunteer Mgmt Systems/Collab Systems - Prioritized implementation
Metrics - implementation post-IAM
Mozilla ID - Service/UI enhancements
Build and experiment
Production
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Participation Objectives - production (updated 12/07/2016)
Objective | 2H 2016 Programs | 2H 2016 Key Results |
Build Capabilities of �Core Contributor Mobilizers & Communities: Through skill-building, community building programs, and software/systems and participation practices |
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Extend Mozilla’s Reach: Of our issues agenda, to developers, and of our products |
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Participation Objectives - build/experiment (updated 12/07/2016)
Objective | 2H 2016 Programs | 2H 2016 Key Results |
Build Capabilities of �Core Contributor Mobilizers & Communities: Through skill-building, community building programs, and software/systems and participation practices |
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Extend Mozilla’s Reach: Of our issues agenda, to developers, and of our products |
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Help Mozilla Innovate: By supercharging new products/tech, and bringing new ideas and people |
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2016 Shelved / Cancelled programs
Program | Reasoning |
Inviting people to participate/contribute through Contribute page on Mozilla.org |
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Expanding community-run community spaces |
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6 Month Vision
By end 2016, we’ve delivered:
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Programs
These are high-level descriptions of the programs including some details on 2H 2016 work
Introducing the role of Product/Program Owner...
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Skill Building (updated 18/07/2016)
Product Owner: Ruben → NEW HIRE (Head of Community Leadership and Learning) Team: Guillermo, Francisco
Objective | ||||
A focus set of relevant training and learning opportunities for mobilizers are systematized and they regularly access these opportunities to be more effective in their contributions and as a result providing more impact to Mozilla’s main initiatives. | ||||
Key Result | ||||
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Activities / Projects | ||||
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Dependencies / Key Stakeholders(3) | ||||
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Reps Program and Communities (updated 18/JUL/2016)
Product Owner: Ruben Team: Konstantina, Guillermo, Francisco
Objective | ||||
Reps is the program for most core volunteers where many communities feel their voice represented and influencing the organization, and where mozillians join to be more aligned, grow their skills and be more impactful in mobilizing others. | ||||
Key Result | ||||
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Campus Program Restructure (updated XX/XX/XXXX)
Product Owner: Lucy
Objective | ||||
The participation team has successfully launched an exciting new campus program that is connecting students all around the world to new levels of impact, new skills, and which is gaining a reputation as an excellent, competitive student program on campuses. | ||||
Key Result | ||||
200 campus clubs active 100 are have sustainable club leadership structures (exec board, leadership, contingency plans) 50 regional coordinators are submitting regular bi-weekly reports 200 club leaders go through an onboarding training about open-source, club set-up, and Mozilla There is a clearly defined process for the creation of a new club | ||||
Activities / Projects | ||||
1) Invested contributors (FSA & Campus Campaign) transition/change management to clubs 2) Develop Club materials and processes 3) Clubs support on campaigns (Maker Party) | ||||
Dependencies / Key Stakeholders(3) | ||||
Mofo Clubs - partner on branding, resources, messaging Dependent on resources to design a registration process, website, logo/brand and landing page Maker Party - clear activities for students to run Advocacy - direction for activities |
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Participation Systems (updated 19/JUL/2016)
Product Owner: The double He(lix) - Hermina & Henrik
Objective | ||||
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Key Result | ||||
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Activities / Projects | ||||
Mozilla IAM Community websites migration Participation Systems research, product strategy and business analysis | ||||
Dependencies / Key Stakeholders(3) | ||||
Mozilla’s IT organization to share workload for IAM delivery Sourcing of Participation talent for infrastructure (DevOps) and product discovery/delivery |
Team:
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Q3 Activity Campaign (updated 19/JUL/2016)
Product Owner: Brian
Objective | ||||
Mozillians around the world have multiple new and easily discoverable ways to contribute to Mozilla. These rallying points will provide value to them, and add value to Mozilla by contribution to organizational priorities and goals. Activities will be rolled out over time in Q3, with the aim of increasing engagement as it progresses. | ||||
Key Result | ||||
- Overall 1: 10 key activities are spread over 4 key buckets - Overall 2: 5000 unique contributions to the campaign - Overall 3: 1000 unique people mobilized | - Privacy 1: - Privacy 2: | |||
- Dev Engage 1: - Dev Engage 2: | - TBD | |||
Activities / Projects | ||||
- Activity 1: - Activity 2: - Activity 3: | - Campaign 1: Weekly internal and external (Discourse) progress checkins - Campaign 2: Tracking: interactions on web site and per activity metrics - Campaign 3: | |||
Dependencies / Key Stakeholders | ||||
Developer Marketing Team - content + relationship tracking tool/CRM integration Key engineering teams in the org (e10s, webcompat) - Input to and co-design of activities to meet real needs Rust Community - Supplement existing community activities, make a better onboarding story, increase diversity | ||||
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Maker Party (updated XX/XX/XXXX)
Product Owner: Lucy
Objective | | | ||
Maker Party mobilizes Mozilla communities in EU and globally to take action on copyright and creativity, and have started to learn about Mozilla's issues agenda and Open Innovation specifically. | ||||
Key Result | ||||
Clear on-the-ground field organizing models moving forward after Maker Party, how they relate to one another, how they are supported/owned and common resources they employ | ||||
Activities / Projects | ||||
1) Maker Party planning and support 2) Organizing model learning and synthesis | ||||
Dependencies / Key Stakeholders(3) | ||||
Reps Council - commit to engaging Reps in Maker Party and create a joint plan for rolling this out to Reps Hive Leads - are willing to work together to plan a global kick-off event Regional Community Leads - come together to roll out Maker Party in their local communities Maker Party organizers - creation of Maker party promotional materials, clear resources about how to get involved, clear vision for community involvement. | ||||
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Bring innovators and new ideas to Mozilla (updated XX/XX/XXXX)
Product Owner: Rosana
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Key Result | ||||
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Activities / Projects | ||||
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Supercharge CD Projects and IoT Events (updated XX/XX/XXXX)
Product Owner: Natalia or Michael (TBD)
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Activities / Projects | ||||
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Experiment/design new tech contribution (updated XX/XX/XXXX)
Product Owner: Don Marti
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Key Result | ||||
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Activities / Projects | ||||
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Dependencies / Key Stakeholders(3) | ||||
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<Owner / Driver>
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Strategic Planning
Can use any format that speaks to program Name, objective, key result of program, description & critical dependencies with teams other than your own. One slide for each strategic program (initiative).
Purpose:
Updated : Quarterly (or monthly if desired)
Horizon : 3-6 months
Altitude : Actionable for organization leaders (SCVP & Organization leadership teams)
Basis : Agile Planning Model, Product Roadmap Template
Recommended Owner : Product or Program Owners
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Org Structure
Org Overview
(updated 04/07/2016)
For 2H 2016, the focus for integration is interaction amongst teams focused on open innovation. The overall structure of two groups (Participation and Open Innovation) remains. The rationale for this is to maximise for execution against needs defined in 1H 2016. The structure may be revisited in 2017.
The focus for integration is therefore “Collaborative Innovation”, prototyping new collaboration models.
This document focuses on the Participation strategy and plan.
Participation
Open Innovation
Products & Pipeline
Innovation
Capabilities
Collaborative Innovation
Participation Design
Communities & Leadership
Software
Creating and sustaining a product pipeline.
Improving the culture of innovation.
Connecting Mozilla initiatives to new, valuable allies
Designing Participation programs to Mozilla objectives
Build capabilities and activate�core contributor mobilizers/leaders & communities
Design and build tools to support a radically participative organisation
Operations
Planning overhead, Overall program mgt, Comms
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Org Overview With Programs
(updated 04/07/2016)
Participation
For 2H 2016, the focus for integration is interaction amongst teams focused on open innovation. The overall structure of two groups (Participation and Open Innovation) remains. The rationale for this is to maximise for execution against needs defined in 1H 2016. The structure may be revisited in 2017.
Open Innovation
Products & Pipeline
Innovation
Capabilities
Collaborative Innovation
Participation Design
Communities & Leadership
Software
Internal
Consultancy
Incubator / Entrepreneur in Residence
Focus Areas
Pipeline: Innovation Council
Skill Building
Toolkit
Gym
Innovation Prizes
User-Driven Innovation Program
Connected Devices Collaboration
Mobilization campaigns
Leading-edge technical contribution
Mozilla Reps/ Communities
Campus Program
Skill-building
Enable Mozilla ID
Deliver Volunteer Management Systems
Evolve Collaboration Systems
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Org Overview With Roles
(updated 15/07/2016)
Innovation
Capabilities (4)
Innovation Consultant (lead)
Project Managers (2)
Content Manager
CIO
Products & Pipeline (7)
Innovation Consultant (lead)
Product Research Specialist
Product Mgt Specialist
Visual Designer
Incubator Managers (2)
Entrepreneur in Residence
Operations (2) Chief of Staff (lead) Comms Lead
Collaborative Innovation (5)
Outreach Lead
Open Innovation Strategist
Innovation Prize Project Manager
Connected Devices Specialists (2)
Communities & Leadership (10)
C&L Lead
Reps/Comm. Lead
Reps/Comm. Team (4)
Campus Lead
Campus Team (2)
Edu Team (1)
Participation
Design (2)
Participation Strategist
Participation Partnerships
Software (5)
Program Lead
Product Mgr (contractor)
Eng Mgr
UX Team (1) (contractor)
Dev Team (5) (incl 2 contractors)
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