This section is designed to help you clarify and communicate your project idea, purpose and goals in a way that will invite and encourage participation from your community. This is a first step if you’re opening up a brand new project, but you can also use these exercises to refocus an open project that’s stalled or stuck. You’ll expand your project vision statement into a more detailed description, strategy, and plan for upcoming work. These documents will serve as a “welcome mat” for your project, a clear way for newcomers to quickly understand what the project is about, who can be involved, and where the work is headed.

In This Section

2.1. Open Canvas (40 mins)

2.2. Writing a README.md (20 min)

2.3. Start Your Roadmap (45 min)

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