Re: Spreadsheet to aid agenda planning

[Tim Wicinski <[e-mail]>]

We use one of these in DNSOP that I think I stole from Warren.  It has the
advantage of doing
some math in the columns, because you know, math is hard

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yv_AD2TfPo8WY8UKjpl78Y5hzY5U1qAvdCOM_hWVwq0/edit?usp=sharing


On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:56 PM Marco Tiloca <marco.tiloca=
[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> During a WG Chair training session this week, we also discussed
> approaches for planning a meeting agenda, especially for WG sessions at
> main IETF meetings.
>
> Some suggested me to share on this list about a pretty frugal "tool" I
> mentioned, that I've been using for a while, i.e., a simple spreadsheet.
>
> Not fancy at all, but I found it helpful for "simulating" the agenda
> slots and their duration all in front of me at a glance, while quickly
> and easily adjusting the duration of agenda slots to fit the overall
> time budget.
>
> So, please find the spreadsheet attached to this mail. The "How likely?"
> green/yellow/red indicator is just a qualitative, aggregated estimator
> of factors that influence an inclusion in the agenda, e.g., a topic's
> urgency/priority or chances to actually have updates to present/discuss
> about a (resubmitted) draft.
>
> Admittedly, this may just be an overkill for some WGs, depending on
> their current workload, patterns, dynamics and so on. However, it was
> pretty useful to early devise the sessions for the CoRE WG in the last
> few IETF meetings, and then adjust and refine the plan as things evolved
> towards an eventual agenda.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Best,
> /Marco
>
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>
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