Re: [EAT] Scope, Goals & Background for RATS

Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@nomountain.net> Wed, 19 September 2018 00:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: [EAT] Scope, Goals & Background for RATS
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On 9/18/18 10:08 AM, Michael Richardson wrote:
>     > We included a background section to better highlight the meaning of the
>     > term "attestation" in general. Hence, there is a trade-off between
>     > clarity and conciseness, which is one of the things we would like to
>     > get feedback about.
> 
> 1) RATS is not expanded anywhere near the top of the document!
> 2) I think that this document is okay as a working document going towards a
>    BOF,  but in general it is too big.
>    Bulky things like the Terminology and most of the problem statement
>    probably need to go into IDs.

First, I like the BOF proposal and wish that more proponents would
provide that level of detail.  Second, I agree quite strongly with
Michael about the current state of the charter proposal (and would argue
that in this case there is not a tradeoff between clarity and
conciseness - that a clearer charter would be shorter, as well).
A charter will tend to describe what you're working on and what you'll
deliver, and the background info that's helpful as justification for
a BOF doesn't belong in a charter.

I'm not sure that I'm in love with the program of work section, as
it should tend to be redundant with the enumeration of deliverables
(although specifying what's out of scope is useful and should be
included).

Also, at some point you're going to need to develop some text
about the threat environment(s) and should include something about
that in the charter proposal to head off "but what about ... "
comments.  I'm not sure what's meant by "This group will also
establish and maintain close relationships to [ ... ]" although
again I think it's useful to mention that you know these groups
exist and are relevant, and that the proposed documents aren't
being developed in a vacuum.

But overall I think it's better to start with too much and then
edit it back rather than with too little.  This is a good starting
point and the proposed output seems reasonable (and useful) to me.

Melinda

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Melinda Shore
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