Project Management

Project management#

As a maintainer/dedicated CM, you might need to onboard contributors who may not contribute in technically.

  • Send a personalized welcome message expressing gratitude and introducing the project.
  • Provide an overview of the project’s mission, values, and community culture.
  • Highlight non-technical contribution opportunities like documentation, user support, translations, design, and community management.
  • Create clear contribution guidelines with step-by-step instructions and templates.
  • Maintain regular communication to share updates and opportunities.
  • Recognize and appreciate all contributions, both technical and non-technical.
  • Foster a welcoming and inclusive community environment.
  • Ensure adherence to the project’s Code of Conduct.

GitHub triaging#

  • Overview of issues and PRs among several repositories
    • Reviewing PRs or assigning reviewers to the PRs
    • Responding to the unattended issues to keep conversation going
    • Closing stale PRs and old issues
    • Assiging appropriate labels to issues & PRs
    • Archiving repositories that are no longer actively maintained
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