Re: [libreoffice-design] LibreOffice Conference 2011, Personal Summary

Hi all,

I've noticed mention in a couple of places here of the need for us to 
make it clearer how we operate.
While I don't have a complete solution, there is an aspect that affects 
me (and I imagine, quite a few others) that I'd like to propose a simple 
solution to;

Our "tasks/work items" page. It is too long, unkept and badly-sectioned 
to be useful as a tool for knowing what needs to be done.
While I realise it isn't going to become an amazing productivity tool 
overnight, there are some small improvements that we could make to make 
it more useful.

I've created a quick copy on my own wiki user-page to run past you 
before making any changes to the actual task-list.
Please check this link;
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Nik#Proposed_rearrange_of_Design_Work_items

I would propose we;

   * Separate out items that are "ACTIVE", "ON-HOLD" and "COMPLETED"
     into three separate tables so that people interested in doing
     things only have to check the top table.
   * Keep the items in the tables short so that our members can more
     easily see what needs attention right now and what is going on
     that they would be interested in. Colour coding will help. More
     detailed information should just be linked to.
   * We need to have deadlines, whether we meet them or not (because we
     are all volunteers). Otherwise everything will end up as an
     incomplete task that lasts forever.
   * We need to have a client and a representative who speaks on their
     behalf. That will give us a point of reference rather than having
     endless internal communication.
   * We need to be organised and update this ourselves and move
     finished jobs out, or move jobs that are on-hold into that table.
     They shouldn't just stay in the active table.


and most drastically;

   * *We should LIMIT the number of active tasks to just 3-4.* Anything
     else should not be added until something can be taken off and
     moved to the completed table. With fewer tasks, we can focus more,
     we can track them better, we can push them out faster, we can
     unify our fragmented efforts and we can be held accountable when
     we don't get things done, because it will show.


What do you think?

And just to prove I mean business, I'll happily listen to input on this 
matter until the 31st of October. On the 1st of November, whether we are 
ready or not, we will make changes to improve the work items page;
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Work_Items

-Nik



On 11.10.23 09:26, Christoph Noack wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I noticed some discussions that might relate to discussions we've had at
> the LibreOffice Conference last week. So, if you want to spend some
> minutes, then here is my personal summary:
> http://luxate.blogspot.com/2011/10/libreoffice-conference-2011-personal.html
>
> If anything is missing or unclear ... please ask :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph


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