Team Roles

MyBB Team responsibilities are divided into the following areas.

Founder

FOU
Supervising the MyBB Project and providing strategic direction.
  • Project

    • Project cohesion

    • products oversight

    • personnel management

  • legal & funding

    • legal issues

    • services, tools and subscriptions

Web

WEB
Providing a foundation for the Project with websites and infrastructure.
  • operations

    • infrastructure maintenance

    • infrastructure monitoring

    • infrastructure security management

  • Project

    • websites development & maintenance

Editorial

EDI
Creating and curating digital content across the Project.
  • resources

    • Docs maintenance & oversight

    • Blog content & oversight

    • tutorials, support materials oversight

  • project

    • MyBB.com maintenance

    • Project branding guides and oversight

Development

DEV
Planning and building high-quality features with focus on the codebase.
  • architecture

    • feature planning

    • development planning

    • software architecture

    • development standards & best practices

  • development

    • product development

    • codebase maintenance

  • resources

    • technical documentation

  • communication

    • feature feedback & discussion

    • contributor guidance

    • Contributors group oversight

Design

DES
Enhancing visual and user experience aspects of MyBB.
  • architecture

    • UX aspects oversight

    • UI, visuals oversight

    • accessibility oversight

    • usability oversight

  • development

    • product visual design & styling

  • resources

    • product style guides

  • Project

    • websites design

    • Project branding

Security

SEC
Managing and promoting product safety & security.
  • operations

  • architecture

    • secure development practices

    • product safety oversight

  • development

    • security patch oversight

  • resources

    • security advisories

    • security-related resources

  • research

    • threat intelligence

    • security auditing & analysis

  • communication

    • security-related ecosystem cooperation

    • safety communication & promotion

Devops

OPS
Sustaining development operations to deliver software efficiently.
  • operations

    • repository maintenance

    • product metadata maintenance

    • release process oversight

    • package building

    • package distribution & availability

    • official container images

  • resources

    • development workflow & tools

  • communication

    • containers usage

SQA

SQA
Bringing software quality assurance through testing and analysis.
  • operations

    • bug triage and documentation

    • resolution feedback loop

    • product testing oversight

  • development

    • code review & testing

  • resources

    • testing workflow & tools

  • research

    • product analysis & benchmarking

  • communication

    • public/group testing organization

Support

SUP
Providing and organizing assistance in software usage and customization.
  • operations

    • Community Forums support oversight

    • problem troubleshooting & escalation

    • bug report escalation & triage

    • problem patterns & trends monitoring

    • escalation of general product problems, friction and feedback

  • resources

    • support materials maintenance

Extensions

EXT
Fostering the ecosystem through developer relations and Extend curation.
  • operations

    • Extend platform oversight

    • Marketplace oversight

    • Extensions & related software curation

    • authoring support

    • authoring feedback loop

  • development

    • Extension-focused features

  • resources

    • authoring resources

  • communication

    • authoring features/APIs communication

    • authoring promotion

    • Extension quality promotion

    • Extension interoperability promotion

Community

COM
Cultivating engagement, communication and interactions around the Project.
  • operations

    • inquiries handling & oversight

    • Big Board Owners oversight

    • cross-platform cohesion

  • public relations

    • Community engagement

    • official statements

    • product promotion

    • social media engagement

    • ecosystem monitoring

    • related products monitoring

    • media monitoring & analysis

  • moderation