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From: "Paul W. Frields" <stickster@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: Documentation & Translation schedule review
to do so. It's well-nigh impossible to relegate schedule data from
completely different tools.
I agree. I was just using the quickest way to check that key items on
John's list made sense. That's why I didn't take time to schedule all the
peripheral tasks. Yes, we need to make sure they get done, but the web
output is very hard to really understand. (Not that the web output from
planner is all that much better!). It is very hard to see whether the key
items are being appropriately handled. A schedule with just the key items
helps see that. Even with just a handful of tasks, the Gantt chart is just
too long and gangly to digest.
In Fedora 12, the schedule had us making the release notes rpm TWO WEEKS
after RelEng needed it. I wanted to avoid that this time. Heck of it is, I
spent a lot of time with John on that schedule, and paid pretty close
attention to it, and never caught that little detail until the last minute.
Fortunately I did catch it, barely in time.
I suspect the talk next week will help a lot in this regard. I'd also
And that really is the point. I need that visibility into the dependencies
to make sure we don't miss the key items in our zeal to make sure we have
all the details covered.
recommend that people on the team think about how we could use the
resulting schedule in regular meetings to stay on top of approaching
tasks.
The problem was that we WERE paying attention to the schedule, and missing
the larger problem. I want to make sure we get the schedule right this
time. When we get in the midst of it, we really can't do anything but watch
the schedule. What's the saying, when you are ass deep in alligators it is
hard to keep in mind your objective is to drain the swamp? We need that
roadmap, but we don't want it to get us to the station after the train has
left.
There's always a lot to do, and I really appreciate John doing the heavy
lifting here and making sure all the details are taken care of. If I were
doing it, it would be an unmitigated disaster. But I do want to emphasize
that there are a few very key tasks that drive the rest of the schedule, and
most importantly, they are ultimately tied to RelEng. We have the most
touch points with L10N, but the key, date-determining connections are with
RelEng, and somehow those got missed last time.
--McD
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