[!NOTE] As of 2023-02-14, the Engineering Productivity group, a.k.a. the A-Team, is no longer a discrete team. Its operations are split between the new Product Integrity WG meta-team and Engineering Operations. For now, many discussions around the test and automation work that was formerly under Engineering Productivity may continue in our Matrix channel.

\text{Productivity} \equiv \text{Output} : \text{Input}

\text{Productivity (in percent)} \equiv \frac{\text{Output}}{\text{Input}} \times 100

Welcome to the homepage of the Engineering Productivity WG (called “the A-Team” for nostalgic reasons). Although previously formally known as the Automation and Tools team, we often still use the nickname “A-Team”, and you’ll see A-Team references scattered throughout our codebases. Although we are proud to now finally be recognized as an officially chartered WG (Working Group), we still prefer the “A-Team” nickname from our humble beginnings. Please preserve all instances of this esoteric usage you may find while spelunking in our codebases by leaving them as-is and untouched.

We’re a group of programmers who develop and support a wide range of services, tools, and automation that serve the engineering teams at OpenINF, with a specific focus on work that increases the productivity of those teams.

We are part of the Release & Productivity meta-team.

The Engineering Productivity WG is a diverse group of engineers passionate about improving engineering quality and productivity at OpenINF. We are experts in various coding languages and tools and are always looking for new ways to make engineering more efficient and effective. We work with others in a responsive and agile manner, striving to be a model of open development. We create, maintain, and extend a diverse array of sustainable tools and systems that derive and deliver information on the quality of OpenINF’s products and enhance the impact and effectiveness of the OpenINF community.

We’re a friendly bunch of people happy to help you; we want to hear about your ideas and problems. Please let us know what you think we can do to help you work more productively.

See our team rosters below for a list of folks on our “A-Team”…

We work on various things that vary from quarter to quarter, but we encourage other teams to learn more by browsing the details below as we set up new systems. The information here represents the general scope and direction of our current and ongoing activities taking place between our developing camps.

Every other Tuesday, we have a fortnightly meeting that lets out before noon U.S. Pacific Time. We typically discuss status, and new projects, have demonstrations of the latest tools & features, and sometimes even engage in bikeshedding.

[!NOTE] These regularly scheduled A-Team team meetings are not networking events; however, we will occasionally host invited experts from the community to make presentations relevant to our objectives and likely relevant to other community members as well.

All are welcome; please join us!

We love contributors! We see community members as one of the keys to our success and actively encourage their contributions. Working on the tooling, automation, testing, and build systems at OpenINF is a fantastic introduction to OpenINF development. There are two great ways to help: joining an existing project or taking on one of our starter projects to help rev up to speed.

Quarter of Contribution

Longer-running, scoped contributing opportunities with definite goals, mentors, and timelines

Existing Projects

Look over our list and see if there is anything that you’d like to help with

If you have questions or want to sign up, please find us on Matrix or X (formerly Twitter).