We've had similar notes previously. Can you please document yours on the wiki: http://wiki.egyptfoss.com/index.php/Talk:FOSS_portal
For the record. Ahmad [email protected] wrote on 26/07/14 12:54: > Today's topic summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/openegypt/topics > > * EgyptFOSS Tender <#group_thread_0> [1 Update] > * [OpenEgypt:2112] Digest for [email protected] - 2 updates > in 2 topics <#group_thread_1> [1 Update] > > EgyptFOSS Tender > <http://groups.google.com/group/openegypt/t/b756d5f65fdf0e1c> > > Mohamed Sayed <[email protected]> Jul 25 08:49AM -0700 > > Hi, > > I haven't read the whole thing in detail yet, but here are my > comments so > far: > > 0-The scope seems huge, maybe the sub-portals can be in separate > bids or > dropped. please see point #2 > 1-There doesn't seem to be a coherent identity for the site. If the > purpose > is to support and state an official Egyptian position towards FOSS > then I > think you don't need such a big site > 2-Lots of duplication with other well established, well maintained > portals > around the world. > 3-Where is the mission statement for this portal? what metrics will > be used > to measure its success/failure in achieving its purpose > 4-I find the overall time line inadequate. 20 months total? I recommend > re-considering this and make it such that that there are 1-3 months and > adopt a real agile approach. > 5-There is an architecture diagram, and then there is a 0.5 month > deliverable for architecture. So based on a very long experience , I > will > tell you that 2 weeks is not enough for a well thought out, reviewed > and > adjusted architecture especially if you really end up with that much > stuff > in scope > 6-There is a lot of bloat, I would like to see justifications of the > requirements for an API. The non-functional requirements should be > explained better. When you talk about scalability you need to > qualify this > a bit. In the very simplest of terms, a scalable system is one that > is able > to utilize the resources available in an efficient matter. > Scalability is > not one size or one direction. A scalable system should be scalable > up or > down. Referring to a horiztonally scalable system without some > qualification on how well the resources will be utilized can simply > mean We > will pay to waste. > > I would like to iterate the idea that we should consider refining the > sub-portals and their missions and then think of them as autonomous > units > bound by a coherent strategy. > > Regards > Mohamed > > UTC+2, haitham nabil wrote: > > شباب الاوبن سورس > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenEgypt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
