Karen Tung wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: >> This discussion seems like it's gone a bit off the rails. Karen, if >> your goal is to provide direction to the intern team, then I'd suggest >> drawing a very clear line to scope a set of functionality that is >> possible for them to complete given the constraints in time and >> experience. It seems like we've wandered into larger, longer-term >> goals which this particular team is unlikely to meet. >> >> Dave > Hi Dave, > > When I sent out the original email, my intention was to discuss what > functionalities > we want to have in the text installer, even in the longer term. > When we are clear on which direction we are going, we can then define > the set of functionalities they can implement depending on the amount > of time and experience they have. > > I think that whatever code they write should be in the direction of > where we want to > go in the future, so, we can use their work as a starting point or as a > prototype, > and add other functionalities in the future. What I wanted to avoid is > that they > do something now which is not the direction we want to go, and their work > will be completely thrown away. >
Agree with all of that, but want to ensure that you get to closure quickly so that the team doesn't spend 50% of their tenure waiting for requirements. Dave
