I like the plan and I like dain's timebox suggestion. I think 2 weeks as a goal is ok and I hope we can get 1.1.1 out in 3 weeks.
thanks david jencks --- Dain Sundstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this looks great except for one item. I > think the release > should be time boxed. I'm hoping for 2 weeks max and > it ships. If we > find something critical we move up the time, but 2 > weeks would be the > max time. Three weeks would be ok also. > > -dain > > On Jun 16, 2006, at 7:21 AM, Matt Hogstrom wrote: > > > Here is my proposal for defining the exit criteria > for this release > > stream. I would like to volunteer to lead the > 1.1.1 release. > > Please respond if that is acceptable to you. > > > > *Goals* > > This is a maintenance release and as such it will > be limited to: > > *1. Bug fixes.* > > There are approximately 50 JIRAs currently > identified for 1.1.1. > > These are fixing issues related to deployment, > runtime, etc. > > > > *2. Usability improvements.* > > These will be limited in scope to correcting user > interfaces > > issues, error messages, etc. > > > > *3. Performance improvements.* > > Examining performance using DayTrader and > improving existing > > function as well as discussing some limited > functional improvements > > that are missing. These changes will not break > applications > > deployed on 1.1. Applications from 1.1 will be > able to move > > forward without modification. > > > > *Timeframe* > > This is not time limited release. We will agree > on the JIRA list > > and will focus on closing the JIRAs that are > agreed to for the > > release. Once those JIRAs are complete (or we > decided to move one > > or more out of the release for whatever reason) > the project will be > > versioned and released. > > > > *JIRA* > > As noted earlier, JIRA will be used to manage the > release. I > > proposed that the JIRA's that are accepted into > the 1.1 release are > > marked to unassigned. If someone is interested in > working on the > > JIRA they'll simply assign it to themselves. This > way anyone that > > wants to participate can easily identify what > areas need more work. > > > > *Next Steps* > > Please review the JIRA's that are in 1.1. If > there are fixes that > > should be included please propose them for > inclusion. Once we have > > a set of work items then we can get 1.1.1 done. > > > > Comments or corrections to the above proposal > welcome. > > > > Matt > >
