Development process improvement/Notes 08 09 2010
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Tools Discussion
[edit]Date: August 9, 2010
Attendees: Alolita Sharma, Guillaume Paumier, Priyanka Dhanda
What we need to move this project forward
[edit]- We do not have a documented process.
- Bugzilla can us 70% of what we need if properly configured. We are not using it right.
- We need a separate tool for more powerful Project management features. (Either a bugzilla extension, a mediawiki extension or a something completely different)
- Alolita: What our development process should look like
- 3-week sprints in which there's a 2-week dev period (specific tasks) and 1 week of documentation / QA / communication
Things to consider while making a decision about the PM tool
[edit]- At every stage of the project / at any given time, we need to be able to know the status of the project
- PM tool: only internal? open to the community? the data would be public, but the tool may be mostly used by EPMs etc.
- Competence in hosting it ourselves? (e.g. teambox)
- Consider writing a MediaWiki extension for better integration with bugzilla
- Can Semantic Mediawiki do what we need?
- Would be mostly driven by our requirements, but we should evaluate how much effort it would be to make it work for other people (ask KDE?)
- CC Teamspace:
- They built a workflow-based system (for fundraising & HR, not for development tasks) by writing a layer on top of Semantic Mediawiki
- What they liked about SMW:
- terminology was non technical (compared to MW & bugzilla)
- easier to understand for a non technical audience
- But they struggled with implementation and have stopped using it over time and moved to CiviCRM
Action Items
[edit]High priority
[edit]- [done] Priyanka: Create a prototype bugzilla on project2.
- Use it to manage this PM Tools project.
- Guillaume: put together Requirements document, consolidate, pretty diagram mapping out the dev process
- [done] Guillaume: ask Robla if the process document can be published on mw.o: not yet, polishing is still needed
- Priyanka: pull up documentation & emails (bugzilla mailing list) etc. into http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Process_improvement (subpages or links etc.)
- Guillaume: plan semi-weekly update Mondays and Wednesdays.
Then
[edit]- Get help from Guy Pyrzak who uses a customised version of bugzilla at NASA for PM and is the lead UI designer of bugzilla. Evaluate his recommendation for bugzilla settings for PM.
- Reflect a test workflow in Bugzilla
- Guillaume: reach out to Ryan Lane about SMW
- Decide on a tool for ProjectManagement/reporting.
Useful Links
[edit]- Fedora's development workflow: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/BugStatusWorkFlow
- Ryan Lane's helpdesk system using Semantic Mediawiki: http://ryandlane.com/blog/2010/03/29/helpdesk-system-and-datacenter-inventory-semantic-mediawiki-prototypes-added-to-my-prototype-wiki/
- Prototype SMW installed by Ryan Lane: http://prototype.wikimedia.org/smw.1/
- Coming soon: RobLa's PM document form the office wiki