Program Management for Open Source Projects: How to Guide Your Community-Driven, Open Source Project

Acknowledgments
 Introduction
   What a Program Manager Does
   Why Program Management Is Important
   Why You Want This Book
1. Manage the Program
   Take the Big Picture View
   Balance Priorities
   Manage Risks
   Report Status
   Do Everything
   Manage Single Points of Failure and Burnout
   Retrospective
2. Zoom in on Projects
   Define “Project”
   Find the Balance
   Know the Artifacts
   Retrospective
3. Communicate and Build Relationships
   Build Relationships
   Communicate
   Retrospective
4. Make Good Decisions
   Define the Question
   Give a Voice
   Take a Vote
   Retrospective
5. Design Suitable Processes
   Define the Context
   Build a Process
   Implement the Process
   Make Revisions
   Retrospective
6. Hold Useful Meetings
   Why Bother?
   Schedule the Meeting
   Choose the Medium
   Make Your Meeting Productive
   Make Decisions in the Right Place
   Retrospective
7. Develop Your Release Life Cycle
   Decide How Many
   Set the Phases
   Set the Length
   Retrospective
8. Build a Release Schedule
   A Schedule’s Purpose
   Choose a Schedule Model
   Define \"Done\"
   Add Milestones
   Manage Conflicts
   Keep the Schedule Accurate
   Communicate the Schedule
   Retrospective
9. Manage Features
   Create a Template
   Set the Scale
   Set the Approval Process
   Create the Timeline
   Define the Life Cycle of a Proposal
   Shepherd the Proposals
   Retrospective
10. Track and Triage Bugs
   Track Bugs
   Triage Bugs
   Prioritize Bugs
   Close Bugs
   Analyze Bugs
   Retrospective
11. Ship the Release
   Set Release Criteria
   Freeze the Code
   Produce Release Candidates
   Determine Readiness
   Make the Decision
   Retrospective
A1. Choose Your Tools
   Identify Your Requirements
   Pick Your Tools
   Retrospective
 Bibliography