KR: Ship 30 iterations to improve contribution guidelines for first time contributors
Summary
Contributor Success will assist Technical Writing with improving contribution documentation to give first time contributors an easier experience making a merge request.
Update: Learnings Report
- OKR Report: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UT7kTi1bqoSNxLf7SjBEnr3AX6EsPtUTqHp94CQ0KU0/edit?usp=sharing
- Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQKRye067do
Links
Criteria
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Create a first time contributor's guide to the first MR On about.gitlab.com/community/contribute page- With content block linking from about.gitlab.com/community/contribute page
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Assist Technical Writing with clean up of docs.gitlab.com -
Assist Technical Writing with clean up of about.gitlab.com/community/contribute -
Report on learnings from this KR -
Learnings on difficulties with updating existing contributor documentation -
Learnings on process of using multiple sites and how to move forward
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Merge Requests
Aligned OKR MRs with involvement from Contributor Success team:
1-10
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Updating top-level so it links to the pages ben... (gitlab-org/gitlab!111379 - merged) -
Combined ways of getting help (gitlab-org/gitlab!111375 - merged) -
Moved issue creation note to issue page (gitlab-org/gitlab!111367 - merged) -
Removed community roles page (gitlab-org/gitlab!111511 - merged) -
Removed closing policies (gitlab-org/gitlab!111487 - merged) -
Consolidated duplicate guidelines for libraries (gitlab-org/gitlab!111871 - merged) -
Updating links to cleanup policy (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!119643 - merged) -
Draft: Move issues workflow (gitlab-org/gitlab!112860 - closed) -
Categorize and move content (gitlab-org/gitlab!112956 - merged) -
Adding separate labels page in contribute section (gitlab-org/gitlab-docs!3608 - merged)
11 - 20
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Moved labels onto its own page (gitlab-org/gitlab!113312 - merged) -
Updated links to Labels page (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!120742 - merged) -
Add issue workflow labels (gitlab-org/gitlab!113589 - merged) -
Pointing directly to Pajamas (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!121110 - merged) -
Directing TW contribute to docs (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!121425 - merged) -
Moved contribute details (gitlab-org/gitlab!114521 - merged) -
Move engagement to community (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!121771 - merged) -
Draft: Move stranded issue sections (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!121614 - closed) -
Add tutorial block (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!122725 - merged) -
Update card block section (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!122807 - merged)
21 - 30
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Tutorial for contributors (gitlab-org/gitlab!116304 - merged) -
SSoT for translations (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!121605 - merged) -
Draft: Reordered contribute content (gitlab-org/gitlab-docs!3556 - closed) -
Removed duplicate instructions (gitlab-org/gitlab!116981 - merged) -
Moving content from about (gitlab-org/gitlab!114159 - merged) -
Remove Contribute cards (gitlab-org/developer.gitlab.com!11 - merged) -
Update GitLab Development Page (gitlab-org/gitlab!117665 - merged) -
Update track descriptions (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!123292 - merged) -
Restructure contribute content (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!123294 - merged) -
Replace contributor success email with ping (gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com!123486 - merged)
Edited by Daniel Murphy