Greg Troxel wrote:
> I am currently using 0.11.4 with MasterTickets and
> TimingAndEstimation.

Me, too.


> We use blocking/blocked-by for two separate meanings:
>
>   Can't do X until Y is done.
>
>   Ticket A comprises subtasks AA AB AC AD AE.
>
> The second case is exactly what you need to represent a Work Breakdown
> Structure in trac.

Yes!

> I propose to use blocking/blocked-by
> for the first, and parent/child for the second, with edges pointing
> from a ticket to each child.

I imagine tickets would have a 'children' field and a 'parent' field.


> I would like to be able to view (somehow) and export to other tools
> the total estimates for Ticket A, which is the sum of AA-AE (plus A's
> hours, although probably there's a rule that tickets that have
> children have zero hours.
> ...

My PM page at Trac-Hacks (http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/
ProjectManagementIdeas#Dependencies) speaks to this.
http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/ProjectManagementIdeas#TracPlugins makes
references to the SubTickets proposal which directly addresses your
need.

As my immediate focus is scheduling but I want to plan for parent/
child, I've thought a lot about how to roll-up data from child
tickets.  Considier:

 * Task A consists of subtasks AA and AB,

 * AA takes 16 hours and Arthur is working on it 50% of his time so
it'll take 4 days, and

 * AB takes 24 hours and Brian is working on it 40% of his time so
it'll take 7.5 days,

What do the resource allocation and duration of A look like?  A has 40
hours work. If AA and AB have no dependencies, the overall duration of
A is the longest duration of a subtask (7.5 days).  That's controlled
by Brian's effort so if Arthur has to do 16 hours in 7.5 days, or 26%
(I think).

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