Given my experince in the packaged and custom software development industry, but having little experience in the open-source team world other than using google group posting to find quick solutions, I have the following general resource question:
Have we considered this open-source team will be delegated with certain roles (ie. developer, environment lead, researcher, trainer, project managment, quality assurance, documentation etc.) to best utilize the time and skills of all involved based on their availability?
Perhaps a related question might be: Is this a One:Ten Communications (http:onetencommunications.com) project that is supported by an open-source team, consisting of students and otherwise employed resources?
The more I'm learning about open-source the more I'm seeming to find that the best products come from project team where the widest range of contibutors comment, tweak, analyze, and polish the final the product.
From the initial project communication and direction, I would assume Nick H to be our project manager, if you will. And clearly Dan & Kevin have been able to support the project by taking the intial setup and maintenance of this forum for project communication.
Please comment on your additional experience in the open-source developement world, otherwise. Perhaps we will remain in an everyone-research-and-share-what-you-find mode, until we all become more experienced. However, role delegation is important means to utilize time for tight project deadlines in my packaged/custom software developement team experience. It might not be relevant in our current situation, but I thought I'd share it.
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Re: Team Resources & Roles
Have we considered this open-source team will be delegated with certain roles (ie. developer, environment lead, researcher, trainer, project managment, quality assurance, documentation etc.) to best utilize the time and skills of all involved based on their availability?
One of the key strengths of open source is that the projects move forward because the people involved are really excited about working on them, not because they're paid to work. Ultimately I think it will be helpful for people to take on different roles, but if someone asks me what they can do to help with design, I want to tell them to go talk to Jennifer because she's really taken up the torch and run with it, not because that's a position she's been assigned.
Perhaps a related question might be: Is this a One:Ten Communications (http:onetencommunications.com) project that is supported by an open-source team, consisting of students and otherwise employed resources?
No, this is just a project that most of the people at One:Ten are working on. David, Nick, Sean, Jennifer, Carrie, Chris and I are really excited about the internet, communications, and open source. One thing we've done about that is start a company. Another thing we've done is start an open source project. The two are seperate.
Jeremy Osterhouse