Hi Jacopo That page looks great, my only concern is that "approx hours per week" might scare some people off by making them feel they have to make a commitment rather than just show interest?
Scott On 26/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi to all, > > I'm interested to contribute to those taks: > > Complete the support for VAT (Value-Added-Tax) > Enhance the integration with eBay > Enhance the integration with Google Product > > Why don't add also a new task to migrate the screen-widget styles to the > new styles of ftl screens. > > My problem is that I cannot say how much time I can reserve to those task > and when I can do it. > > Sorry, can I update the page http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/JAw in confluence by > myself or I have not the access ? > > Thanks in advance > Marco > > > As you all know, the long term goal of the OFBiz project is to build a > > complete, features set rich, universal and configurable "enterprise > > automation software" (ERP, CRM, CMMS, MRP etc.). > > > > OFBiz is one of the few applications of this type developed by a > > community, rather than one corporation. > > > > Even if the final long term goal is clear and well-defined ("building a > > universal enterprise automation software"), the short and medium term > > tasks to accomplish it are not. > > > > This is of course a consequence of the nature of the project: it is a > > community driven project that tends to lead a life of its own and this > > is great and amazing. > > > > However it is probably time to try together to canalize the power of the > > OFBiz community in order to reach our final goal more quickly and > > efficiently. > > > > In my opinion, the definition of a short/medium term plan > > (wishlist/feature plan) could help encourage contributions and > > efficiently convey the community resources. > > > > It is not an attempt at top-down management, but rather a means to > > enhance collaboration and communication in the OFBiz community. > > > > Proposed steps (draft): > > > > 1) areas of interest: definition of the areas of interest for the > > community: "what do you think the community members have to implement to > > make OFBiz the best enterprise automation software in the World?"; the > > tasks should not be huge tasks because they should be doable by > > volunteers in the community > > > > 2) resources: who is willing to contribute to which task and the > > approximate amount of hours per week > > > > 3) for the tasks with enough resources and attention: define the > > details, subtasks (in Jira?), roles, estimated completion dates; at > > least one committer should probably be part of each task, so that the > > work will be committed more rapidly > > > > To give you an idea of a way to implement #1 and #2, I've set up a draft > > of a page with a wishlist that I've recently collected (from > > private/public messages): > > > > http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/JAw > > > > of course this is only a first step, the list will change and grow > > during the discussion. > > Please, post your comments and ideas here (and as comments to the above > > page), I really think this could be a great opportunity for the > > community to grow and for new developers to become committers! > > > > Jacopo > > >
