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[James Westby <james.westby@xxxxxxxxxx>]

[ Copying Ian who has also been looking at this ]

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:49:55 +0000, Jamie Bennett <jamie.bennett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Improving our project management techniques will always be an ongoing process. 
> Linaro, coming from the Ubuntu background, has no real formal methods for 
> tracking work done, work in progress, asset utilisation, delivery and
> predicability. I would like to change that.
> 
> I'd like to propose that we choose a small project to test out the theory that
> traditional project management tools can work with big open source projects.
> Given the short one-month cycles that the Infrastructure currently operate I
> suggest that we pilot this here. Can we select a project from the next 
> stake-holder meeting outcome and work to produce valid Gantt information [1],
> use regular monitoring and produce feedback? I am willing to take the overhead
> on setting everything up, leading the monitoring effort and provide the 
> analysis at the end.
> 
> Specifically I'd like to do the following:
> 
>  * Use OpenProj [2] to setup the initial structure.
>  * Work with the implementor(s) to define the requirements and gather timing
>    data at the beginning or the project.
>  * Regularly monitor the project against the requirements and timing data.
>  * Regularly produce a professional report on the progress of the project.
>  * Produce a post-mortem to determine if we would like to carry this on, with
>    or without improvements, to a further pilot project(s).
> 
> How does this sound to everyone else?

I agree that Infrastructure would be a good place to pilot
this. However, I want us to be clearer on what the goals are before we
run an experiment.

What are you trying to achieve by making these changes?

It's pretty clear there are going to be tradeoffs here, but we need to
know what to monitor to ensure that we can make an evaluation based on
all the information.

Thanks,

James