[libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-design] Formalized team work structures

Hi Philip (H), Phil (J), all,

Phil Howards wrote:

> Bernard, All,
>
> An initial draft of a wiki page prototype for new ideas is here:
>
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/IdeaWorkflow

Thanks for this structured approach for a general template. 

And thanks to Christoph for the template's structure ;-)
> It's just the DocumentBackground page stripped of its content. I'm in
> two minds about whether it is better to comment out everything from
> Specification onwards, leaving just Summary and Discussion visible
> initially. But that's something to do once we've finished deciding on
> the page.

I would leave them visible, but add something like "can be specified later" 
to the other sections.

This way people know they can work on these parts if they want to, but it's
no problem to leave them empty at the beginning.
> Things I like from the DocumentBackground page:
>
> . Progresses from idea to implementation
> . Discussion section near the top means interested parties can read
> the relevant threads and handles the transition of an idea from
> discussion list to whiteboard.
> . Implementation history near the bottom lets the page tell the story
> of where an idea has got to, if it is to be implemented in stages, for
> example.
> . Open items gives space for leftover items so they don't slip through the net.
>
> Perhaps links to mockups (much of the whiteboard use in the initial
> stages) would go in Discussion.

If Discussion includes all the different alternatives and approaches I would
like to move it down below Specification.

A 1-liner in Specification like "Task still in discussion" would probably not 
retract interest from Discussion, but would allow to define the specification 
finally decided on to become more prominent in the end (when discussion
is just a part of it's history).
> Using whiteboard wikis for the process is great, because its
> asynchronous nature permits sporadic development in the same way
> wikipedia does. Also the specification can be fleshed out as it is
> developed in the discussions, ready for implementation. It hink the
> concept in my mind is coalescence - from an idea of a change to the
> details of its implementation.
>
> The workflow should be changed and refined to suit the process. If
> longer-standing members will consistently mark up a whiteboard as it
> progresses, we may be able to leave just the Summary and Discussion
> sections on the workflow template, and let people reuse the latest
> whiteboard that they like, to avoid having one more thing to keep up
> to date, or being too prescriptive.

I start to think of the main whiteboad page more and more as a table:
with a field showing the status of all the entries.

If a entry has matured and finalized by the developers they should be 
moved to a "implemented specifications" page...

Best regards

Bernhard




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