So, my question is—do the organizers think it was worth it? And if yes, do you think it is worth it enough for publishing in a book? And if yes to both—what would failure have looked like?
These are really excellent questions. The OP mentions the intention to “review the review” in coming weeks; there will be posts about this, so hang tight. Obviously the whole project had very high costs, so we have to think carefully through whether the benefits justify them and whether we should continue the Review process in future years. Speaking for myself, it’s not obvious that it was worth it, but still quite possible. It’s a hard question because I expect the many of the benefits to accrue over time and be not straightforward to measure.
I think we should do a thorough review now with what we know now, and would need to do another review in ~year’s time before pressing go on the next iteration.
I’ve generally been pushing for all major projects at LW to be properly reviewed with an eye to: Where they worth it? What did we learn? And what remains to be done?
Thanks for the reply. That seems like a sensible position.
It sounds like maybe you were less involved in this than some of the 7(is that right?) other employees/admins so I’m very curious to hear their take, too.
These are really excellent questions. The OP mentions the intention to “review the review” in coming weeks; there will be posts about this, so hang tight. Obviously the whole project had very high costs, so we have to think carefully through whether the benefits justify them and whether we should continue the Review process in future years. Speaking for myself, it’s not obvious that it was worth it, but still quite possible. It’s a hard question because I expect the many of the benefits to accrue over time and be not straightforward to measure.
I think we should do a thorough review now with what we know now, and would need to do another review in ~year’s time before pressing go on the next iteration.
I’ve generally been pushing for all major projects at LW to be properly reviewed with an eye to: Where they worth it? What did we learn? And what remains to be done?
Thanks for the reply. That seems like a sensible position.
It sounds like maybe you were less involved in this than some of the 7(is that right?) other employees/admins so I’m very curious to hear their take, too.
There are five people on the team. I wasn’t the most involved, but I was still very involved. But you’ll hear from all of soon, don’t you worry.