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This page is the homepage for all yearly DSpace strategic planning activities led by the DSpace Steering Group in conjunction with other Project Teams, including but not limited to: DSpace Committers, DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT), and the DSpace Leadership Group.

2015 Strategic Planning Activities

Use Cases : Continuing from the 2014 work, the DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) hosted further meetings to gather community Use Cases and began prioritization of these use cases.
Strategic Plan (coming soon): Based on the 2013 Vision Document and the 2014 Product Plan work, a formal (3-5 year) Strategic Plan for the DSpace platform will be developed for discussion at OR15. This Strategic Plan will lay out action items we will take to achieve the goals laid out in these two founding documents
Technical Roadmap (coming soon): Based on the actions and goals laid out in the Strategic Plan, a short term (1-2 year) Technical Roadmap will be developed for discussion at OR15. This Technical Roadmap will detail specific, high-priority implementation projects (i.e. code/UI improvements) which will help the DSpace platform to move in the direction laid out by the Strategic Plan.

DSpace Product Plan : An initial, high level plan of use cases / features that DSpace should strive to achieve. This Product Plan was based on the results of the 2013 "Vision Survey". It was developed by an temporary Product Planning Group, made up of representatives of DCAT, Committers and the Steering Group.
Use Cases : Based on the 2013 Vision Survey, and Product Plan, the DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) held a series of meetings to gather community Use Cases
Project Governance : DSpace formalized its Project Governance model, establishing a DSpace Steering Group and a DSpace Leadership Group, while also formalizing existing Working Groups such as DCAT and Committers. For more details of the roles/responsibilities of each group, also see Project Teams.

DSpace 2013 Vision Discussions : Details the initial "Vision" discussions that took place in 2013, to brainstorm out a longer term Vision for the DSpace platform. Also details the "Vision Survey" which gathered feedback on the vision, and possible use cases for the DSpace platform going forward.
- DSpace 2013 Vision and Roadmap Meeting - Notes from the two-day kickoff meeting that began these Vision discussions
DSpace 2013 Vision Document : The 5-point Vision Statement for DSpace. Also available as a PDF presentation