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EABOKor somethingresembling oneNick MalikCAEAP

2015 Summit

History2004 – Mitre publishes a paper titled EABOK2010 – FEAPO places EABOK on our roadmap2012 – Nick co-founds EABOK initiative with LinkedIn collaborators. Nick buys “EABOK.ORG” domain name2012 – Brian negotiates FEAPO-Mitre Joint Venture. Mitre registers EABOK as a trademark. Nick puts LinkedIn Venture on ice. 2013 – FMO’s leave Mitre joint venture2014 – Nick proposes community owned content model, develops POC2015 – Mitre halts POC, reorganizes EABOK to sole ownership model. Nick relinquishes “EABOK.ORG” domain name and steps down

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Relaunching the EABOK (new name needed)

Set up PAP, Charter, GoalsSet up membership, governance, approachCreate a new name (called EA Guide in this presentation)Set up of collaboration software and online siteDevelop Stable versionOpen to pubic and continuously improve

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High level charter and goals

Facilitated sessionRound robin callout

What role should the EA Guide playWho will use itWhat are our goals

Create a Vision StatementEach person write a vision statement on the flip-chartGroup discussionShared vision

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Governance And Approach

Directive Approach

Community Approach

• Central team decides on the sections that are needed• Carefully selected authors• Assigns sections to volunteers and teams• Project management of the development effort• Managed review of deliverables by other team members

• Central team creates outline• Authors volunteer, accepted with limited screening• Calls for volunteers to self-select sections and edit• Review of sections developed and shared presentations• Open to vetted community during development process

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Governance and Approach Discussion

Models from FMO development of BOKsUnique aspect to FEAPO

FMO participationFMO collaboration across BOKsUnique FEAPO value add

Discussion of community vs. directive modelsWill we vet authors?Will we charge for access to the BOK?Can it be printed?

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EA Guide Naming

Nick owns “EAHANDBOOK.COM” and “EABOK-SANDBOX.ORG”Both are running DrupalNames need to be something where we can get the domain name for them readilyVariations currently available

FEAPO-eaguide.comEA.guideEAguide.org and EAguide.netEA-Knowledge.com and EA-Knowledge.orgBook-of-EA.com and Book-of-EA.org

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Setting up Collaboration software

Vanguard EA will sponsor the initiative and cover the costs of hosting the site / any site design and maint costs

Demonstration of Drupal site set up for EABOK-Sandbox.org

Many open source options are available

Drupal DotNetNuke MamboWikimedia Joomla MODxWordpress Silverstripe Pligg

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Getting to a stable version

Where will the authors come from?What’s our plan for collaboration with FMO efforts?What about FMO “behind the paywall” issues?What level of completeness is needed before we invite “casual browsers”

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Continuous Improvement

Ongoing sponsorshipOngoing contributionOngoing collaboration

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Wrap up

Action itemsVision and GoalsSelected approach and team