2023-01-20 FLC Transition Retrospective

Implementation: what went well?

• Stakeholder participation and buy-in

• No notable details were missed

• People in working groups were already familiar with each other

• Specifying/making explicit the administrative tasks that were “hidden” in previous implementations

• Swiftly addressing misinformation

• Marmot Board and FLC Board unanimous support

• Good fit impacted the ease of the transition

Implementation: what barriers or issues did we encounter?

• the rumor mill

• separation inherent in the setup adds complexity for Marmot staff

What can we do differently in the next implementation?

• evaluating new implementations for migration into MLN1 or MLN2. what factors do we consider?

• how do we work with libraries that might want to be on Elevation Carriers?

Project management: what went well?

• Structure, organization, pre-planning

• Good communication with stakeholders

• Use and enhancement of existing implementation plan template

  • Adding administrative details

• Good planning will act as a useful template for other implementation projects

Project management: what barriers or issues did we encounter?

• epics/tasks/project management. in Jira are still pretty unfamiliar for some of us – often forgot about closing out tasks

  • staff doing significant work for some epics weren’t included in Jira project

• displaying the roadmap for anonymous users wasn’t easily possible

Project management: what can we do differently in the next project?

• continue to look for public roadmap display options

• don’t use stories in conjunction with epics. preferred approach is probably using epics/tasks rather than stories/sub-tasks.

• making sure all staff that has involvement where appropriate and in the same product