Roundup of the Cast (Who has expressed an interest in what parts of the project)
Subject: Roundup of the Cast (Who has expressed an interest in what parts of the project)
From: Kevin Cosgrove
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:25:02 -0700
On 12 October 2001 at 11:58, C Y <smustudent1@yahoo.com> wrote:
kc> - Make an educated guess at the number of people with
kc> software development administration skills that would
kc> contribute to development. I don't recall this skill-set
kc> being addressed here before.
cy> Umm... I'm not quite sure what you mean here. Do you mean people who
cy> can direct the overall flow of the project, prioritize areas that are
cy> weak, etc?
Yes that, and deciding what goes into the stable releases
and into the development releases. From what I've seen,
projects with a dedicated skilled leader succeed, and
others are much less successful. Maybe that's a truism?
It seems possible that the project could also succeed if
we could get consensus on what we're going to do, when
to do it, how to decide when it's done & good enough for
a certain class of release, and then how/when to repeat
this. Would you call that a charter & plan?
cy> We aren't sure what size we are yet, so that question is a bit tough.
cy> Hopefully this thread will resolve some of those questions.
What were there 20-25 people on your list? Some will
contribute regularly, others less. I wonder which of
them are still on this list? I was off for a bit; now
I'm back. Later I'll be off for a bit again.
Cheers...