FY26Q4 Stage Lead planning issue: Create

Issue description

This issue outlines the themes that will be the focus of the Create stage lead during Q4 of FY26.

Themes

Example theme: Identify and fill gaps in feature doc coverage

  • Short description:
  • Reasoning:
  • Note:
Issue Group(s) Status Effort Priority Details
issue link with + to see description group Waiting for <...> Low, Medium, High Low, Medium, High Target milestone is 17.x. Led by: Technical Writer (TW name) or Engineer
issue link with + to see description group Waiting for <...> Low, Medium, High Low, Medium, High Target milestone is 17.x. Led by: Technical Writer (TW name) or Engineer

Example theme: Tutorials

  • Short description:
  • Reasoning:
  • Note:
Issue Group(s) Status Effort Priority Details
issue link with + to see description group Waiting for <...> Low, Medium, High Low, Medium, High Target milestone is 17.x. Led by: Technical Writer (TW name) or Engineer
issue link with + to see description group Waiting for <...> Low, Medium, High Low, Medium, High Target milestone is 17.x. Led by: Technical Writer (TW name) or Engineer

Example theme: Improve troubleshooting content

  • Short description:
  • Reasoning:
Issue Group(s) Status Effort Priority Details
issue link with + to see description group Waiting for <...> Low, Medium, High Low, Medium, High Target milestone is 17.x. Led by: Technical Writer (TW name) or Engineer
issue link with + to see description group Waiting for <...> Low, Medium, High Low, Medium, High Target milestone is 17.x. Led by: Technical Writer (TW name) or Engineer

Quick wins

  • Short description: Easy docs fixes and improvements across the stage docs.
  • Reasoning: While it's important that big cross-stage improvements are planned and tracked, it's also important to recognize small but significant improvements.

Add glql list - replace Stage name and example query

example: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/technical-writing/team-tasks/-/issues/1398#quick-wins

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)

Retrospective

After the quarter is complete, create discussion threads with the following titles. Use these discussion threads for self-reflection and to note feedback from others about how the quarter went.

## 👍 What went well?
## 👎 What didn't go as well?
## 📈 What could be improved for next time?

Ongoing tasks

Manage TW-DRI assignments for all milestones:

Specific TW milestone planning issues:

  • X.Y. Release date: YYYY-MM-DD
  • X.Y. Release date: YYYY-MM-DD
  • X.Y. Release date: YYYY-MM-DD

References