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[Ilias Biris <ilias.biris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello !

I have 2 action points for TLs and PMs who have cards in JIRA for
2012Q1. These cards can be checked in 1 JIRA board following the link
http://cards.linaro.org/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=5&quickFilter=30

Here is what I would like to ask you for:
1. Manual update of the card engineering status - every 2 weeks

While the connection of cards to blueprints is still ongoing (related to
s.l.o work) there has to be a manual update of the status for the cards.

How to do this: edit a card, and update the "Engineering status update"
field, with a concise comment indicating what is the ongoing status, any
blocking issues, and the confidence that the card will be done before
Connect@HongKong. You should summarise the work in progress instead of
adding links to blueprints.

Frequency of updates: every 2nd Wednesday, starting from  next week
(02May). It means that by Wednesday EOB all the status updates are in place.

I would like these updates for all cards which are actively being worked
upon, even if they are  in Drafting state. If a card is not started
simply note that in the engineering status update field and you are done
until the work starts.

2. Cards marked as DONE or DEFERRED should have a proper closeout section.

A template for the closeouts should be as follows

* In the case of DONE:
 - How did you meet the acceptance criteria?  What did you deliver?
 - How did you validate?
 - How would you showcase this work?
 - What went well?  What didn't go well?  What could we improve?

* In the case of DEFERRED:
 - Why is the card deferred? Superseded by other cards, or is it
obsolete due to other changes? Was there something delivered? What?
 - Was there any validation done for any deliverables?
 - Would the card need to be revisited for a new decision in the future?
What should trigger such a review?
 - What went well?  What didn't go well?  What could we improve?

Please check your DONE/DEFERRED cards and update the closeouts
accordingly, by the end of this week.

As a closing remark: I have been preparing some wiki documentation for
the usage of JIRA for the roadmap process. I expect the first draft out
for your review by tomorrow latest. Please remember, you can ask your
JIRA or roadmap related questions or file bugs as you encounter them through
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-roadmap

Best regards,

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