FY26Q1 Stage Lead planning issue: Plan

Issue description

This issue outlines the themes that will be the focus of the STAGE stage lead during Q1 of FY26.

Themes

Theme: Support the work items framework evolution

  • Short description: Restructure documentation to reflect GitLab's transition to a unified work items framework while maintaining clarity for users.
  • Reasoning: GitLab is moving towards a unified work items model, requiring documentation restructuring to reduce content duplication and improve user navigation. This aligns with the product's architectural changes and will help users understand the relationships between different work item types.
  • Note: This work supports a major product direction shift and needs to be carefully coordinated with engineering milestones.
Epic Group(s) Status Effort Priority Details
Docs IA: Reorganize the "Plan and track work" section for unified work items groupproject management groupproduct planning ✅ : Complete High High Target milestone is 17.10. Led by: Marcin

Implemented issues and MRs:

Theme: Improve core feature documentation

  • Short description: Enhance accuracy and completeness of fundamental GitLab features documentation.
  • Reasoning: Clear and accurate documentation of core features like notifications is essential for user adoption and reduces support burden. Fixing known inaccuracies improves user trust and experience.
Issue Group(s) Status Effort Priority Details
Improve email notification issues documentation devopsfoundations grouppersonal productivity ✅ Complete Medium Medium Target milestone is 17.11. Led by: Marcin

Implemented MRs:

Theme: Consistent UI text for quick actions and search filters

  • Short description: Improve UI text consistency for quick actions and search filters to enhance usability and adhere to style guidelines.
  • Reasoning: Consistent terminology and formatting across the GitLab UI reduces cognitive load for users and improves the overall product experience. Addressing inconsistencies in quick actions and search filters ensures these frequently-used features follow the established word list guidance and style standards.
  • Note: This work aligns with the UI text responsibilities of the Senior Technical Writer role and supports the broader effort to standardize terminology around work items relationships.
Issue Group(s) Status Effort Priority Details
Update quick actions to use consistent terminology groupproject management groupproduct planning ✅ Complete Medium Medium Improved phrasing in GitLab quick actions to consistently use "child item" and "parent item" instead of standalone "child" and "parent". Led by: Marcin
Standardize search filter labels case and spelling groupproject management groupproduct planning groupcode review ✅ Complete Medium Medium Target milestone is 17.11. Standardizing text labels for search filters to use consistent case and replace hyphens with spaces where appropriate. Two filters improved so far. Led by: Marcin

Implemented issues and MRs:

Legend:

  • ⏳ : Waiting for <...>. technical writer, or PM input, or Engineering input
  • 🚧 : In progress
  • ✅ : Complete
  • 🏋🏽 : Stretch goal (add next to any item that is aspirational this quarter)

Ongoing tasks

Manage TW-DRI assignments for all milestones:

Specific TW milestone planning issues:

  • 17.9. Release date: 2025-02-20
  • 17.10 Release date: 2025-03-20
  • 17.11 Release date: 2025-04-17

OKR: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/technical-writing/team-tasks/-/issues/1266+

Covering for Lorena in March:

References

Edited by Marcin Sedlak-Jakubowski