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  • From: Richard Morris <webmaster@pfaf.org>
  • To: pcplantdb@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [pcplantdb] [re][synthesis]
  • Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:52:41 +0100

Stephanie Gerson wrote:

-Rich wrote, “so not sure how much time to devote to pcplantdb, probably like chad this will be in burst mode with intensive weeks on project.” Hmmm, this makes project management a lot more difficult for me.

Oops sorry. The problem is that it takes some time to get "into the zone" when programming. It takes some time to get back into the
head space on a project and getting the mental map of how all the
different bits of the program work. Once your there it begins to flow.
Hence switching in and out of project takes time.

> Can we
please set a few milestones, at least? I know I will be submitting a grant proposal in September to the Whole Systems Foundation, and I’d Love to have something to show them, if possible… What is feasible?

I think we had milestone 1.
Database with straightforward interface, allowing addition and
editing of info.

Don't know if this can be broken down further as it is a very big
milestone. Perhaphs

1a) Working database (with no real data) with php connection and simple frontend
(Basically just checking that the different bits can work together
ok.)

1b) issue tracker working, cvs working, zope working.

1c) Sample plant info added to database, simple query (maybe just query by Latin name) and simple plant report.

1d) Facility to append info to plant, and add a new plant.

1e) goback to rethink/evaluate 1c)/1d) come up with some sort of DB-schema.

1f) import pfaf dataset.

1g) work on queries/frontend.

1h) testing testing testing done!

just thoughs - order may change, other things may be needed.

Sorry if I sound authoritative in any way – I kinda ended up with the blegh job of project management, which means I gotta be somewhat managerial. And I want our collaborative efforts to be effective, so I am trying to guide the process accordingly. But if anyone has any suggestions, criticisms, etc. about how I am doing so, please let me know. I swear, I’m just a nice lady who likes holy guacamole.

Appreciated, toughest job and much needed.

Allrighty, I’ll be sending out a project plan within the next few days...


Regards

Rich
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