[libreoffice-design] Re: Work Items Management

Hi Nik, Christoph, $@,

Em 25-10-2011 08:00, Christoph Noack <christoph@dogmatux.com> escreveu:
> Hi Nik, all!
>
> Hey, thanks for going forward ... :-)
>
> Am Dienstag, den 25.10.2011, 01:41 +1100 schrieb Nik:
> [...]
> > >  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
This is simply awesome. Work Items have been open on my browser for 
weeks and I could never read it properly. This is very straight to the 
point.
> Yep, if we agree that these should guide but hurt (in terms of
> deadlines). Just curious - is there an other term for that?
I think 'expiration date' or even 'term' are possible. ;-)
> True, but this will need help by everybody ... which I currently miss a
> lot. We have many people on this list, but only veeery few who are
> active (whatever small or larger task it may be).
Righteous complain, boss, I accuse myself -- but see below.
> > >  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.
>    Color coding means that somebody has to decide on the priority ...
> that's something I'm unsure within a community (from experience, most
> people pick the tasks they do like ... whether these are important or
> not). On the other hand, I would assign a "high priority" to the
> Download Page realization :-)
> Mmh, I really like that for my own stuff ... when looking back at the
> last weeks, my work might have appeared a bit unfocused. (Which it
> wasn't, of course*g*). However, can we really limit the number of tasks
> for if people are free to chose where to spend effort?
>
> If we can agree that "active tasks" means something like "Tasks in
> Focus", then I'm fine.
People pick tasks they like and/or are capable of doing. There are such 
tasks that no one particularly like, either because they are boring or 
no-brainer, but need nevertheless to be done. If such tasks are listed 
in this simple manner, one could pick them even if they don't like it, 
just for the sake of progress, or in a spare time they won't be able to 
use for a more complex matter. Calling this "Tasks on Focus" and using 
the "Simple Tasks" category as you suggested would work for that: say I 
have 1 hour, but am tired to work on a complex task. I would go to the 
list, choose one of those simple tasks, and complete it, without 
thinking too much about it.
This sounds a no-brainer myself, but that's me that's me.
> >  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
Just to prove I too mean business, I'm preparing a collection of all the 
suggestions on styles management that went through this list (there are 
lots of them) and making a page in the Whiteboard for it. This list 
would be a starting point (just the same as UI_Elements [1], but for 
styles) for knowing what proposals there are to pick from and put in the 
Work Items list (after being properly discussed). Indeed there are many 
of them, with mixed priority (and some that depend on others).
I'll have this up on 1st of November as well (ready or not).

> Well, maybe more input that you've expected ... you should surely read
> it as "being happy that you kicked that off" :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph

Cheers, leute.
Rafael

[1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/UI_Elements

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