SIG PM Community Meeting Update

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Stephen Augustus (@justaugustus)

Kubernetes Product Management Chair

What we did last cycle

• SIG PM Survey (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WgK-zLHIz5T0cj65hAL-rkDcO0ALPI4uY09W7_hj6qU/edit?usp=sharing)
• Revitalized the KEP process
• KEP-1a: Meta KEP Implementation was marked as Implementable
• Project tracking for KEP Implementation
• Project board: https://github.com/orgs/kubernetes/projects/5
• Umbrella issue: https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/617
• Enhancements
• Term to encompass the set of KEPs (Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals) and Features
• KEPs: multi-release efforts comprised of multiple Features
• Features: units of work scoped to a single release cycle
• Categorized open KEPs / design proposals as kind/kep
• Renamed k/features to k/enhancements
• Migrated KEPs away from k/community
• KubeCon talks
• Intro: https://youtu.be/sO1i7Hc3UjM
• Deep Dive: https://youtu.be/9rGeJSPtG4A
• Enhancing Kubernetes: https://youtu.be/41Nj_117Tds

Plans for upcoming cycles

• Revamp the SIG PM Charter
• Clean up process documentation
• Who owns what (DACI / RACI)
• Glossary of terms
• KEP Workflow (entry / exit criteria for states)
• Migrations!
• DONE! KEPs –> k/enhancements (November 30)
• Design proposals –> k/enhancements
• Architecture design & diagrams –> k/enhancements (maybe?)
• KEP CLI tool (generate / approve / transition stages)
• KEPs on Contributor Site
• KEPs to GA in 1.15 (tentative)
• Replace the Features / Enhancements tracking sheets (with literally anything else)
• Cross-SIG project tracking
• Release Planning events
• Roadmaps

Related KEPs

Read / understand / suggest changes!

• KEP Template: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/keps/0000-kep-template.md
• KEP Process: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/keps/0001-kubernetes-enhancement-proposal-process.md
• KEP Implementation: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/keps/0001a-meta-kep-implementation.md
• Contributor Site discussion: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/issues/1819

Where to find us

• Chairs
• Aparna Sinha, Google
• Ihor Dvoretskyi, CNCF
• Caleb Miles, Google
• Program Management & Release
• Jaice Singer DuMars, Google
• Product Management
• Stephen Augustus, VMware
• Dustin Kirkland, Google
• Home page: https://git.k8s.io/community/sig-pm/
• Slack channel: https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/sig-pm
• List: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-pm