Fwd: UX Implementation - Status Update

[Jess Mitchell]

Sorry I didn't forward this earlier -- I'm just catching up on my  
filters!

Jess

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Jess Mitchell
Project Manager / Fluid Project
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Nathan Pearson" <me at nathanpearson.com>
> Date: August 21, 2008 7:39:35 PM EDT
> To: "sakai-ux at collab.sakaiproject.org" <sakai-ux at collab.sakaiproject.org 
> >,  "sakai-dev Developers" <sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>
> Subject: UX Implementation - Status Update
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Last week we had an open call to discuss implementing the UX screens  
> that came out of the first UX Improvement design project.
>
> This Wednesday a small but eager team came together in a kick-off  
> meeting / working session aimed at implementing the screens.
>
> People on the call (many of whom comprise the working team) include
> ================
>
> * Michelle Wagner, Chen Wen, and Lance Speelmon from Indiana
> * Gonzalo Silverio and Zhen Qian from U of M
> * Nicolaas Matthijs and John Norman from Cambridge
> * Oliver Heyer from Berkeley
> * And yours truly, Nathan Pearson
>
>
> The meeting lasted an hour and concluded with the team picking  
> different areas of interest to work on
> ================
>
> * Michelle and Chen will be looking into the Edit Preferences screens.
> * Gonzalo and Zhen will focus their attention on the Create a Site  
> screens.
> * Nico will do his part by bringing everyone up to speed on  
> development methods, working through various framework issues, and  
> ultimately finishing up the Add Tools screens that were started in  
> the hackathon.
> * Oliver was on the call to evaluate the project and consider  
> lending a hand with PM support.
> * My job is to service these guys in any way I can, whether that's  
> helping with PM or working through design changes as needed.
>
>
> Things that should currently be underway and/or are next steps
> ================
>
> * Michelle, Chen, Gonzalo, and Zhen are studying the screens and  
> going over the dev documentation Nico has provided on confluence.   
> Hopefully they're also setting up an environment and doing a bit of  
> tinkering.
> * Nico is working on various framework issues and coordinating with  
> others to align development processes.  See below.
> * Oliver and I should probably chat sometime soon to discuss his  
> plans.
> * I will be reaching out individually to each team member to  
> schedule a time for us to review each screen in detail, much the  
> same way Nico and I did earlier, and shape up some time estimates  
> which will feed into a larger project schedule.  Also, I'll be using  
> those discussions to prioritize which screens I'll need to get  
> crack'n on.
>
>
> Nico has posted the following questions to the team
> ================
>
> * Has everyone seen MyCamTools yet and the development approach it  
> uses ? (JSON datafeeds on the backend, that are being used by a HTML/ 
> CSS/JavaScript front-end
> * How does everyone feel about this development approach?
> * How does everyone prefer to create datafeeds? (sdata,  
> entitybroker, ...? )
> * How does everyone want to get started? (short technical meeting,  
> find out themselves with me for consultancy, look at code first,  
> which documentation is needed...)
> * How would folks like to team up? Who prefers doing front-end and  
> who prefers doing back-end?
> * What is everyone's commitment to this project?
>
>
> Areas that still need attention include
> ================
>
> * Main Screen Templates (more or less)
> * Manage Site Settings
> * Personalize the Portal
> * Join & Edit Sites
>
> * We could also use volunteers who are interested and able to commit  
> to PM'ng this project.
>
>
> A few side notes
> ================
>
> * This status update was sent to the UX and Dev lists, but all  
> future updates will only be sent to the UX list, so if you're  
> interested, make sure you're on that list.
> * The team working on this project will be using the UX list as the  
> main communication channel.  If the list gets too busy, we'll get  
> our own list together – so please let us know if we become disruptive.
> * This email was duplicated as a confluence news post that can be  
> found here:
>
> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/confluence/x/FoBhAg
>
> * In the future, I will simply post to confluence with a  
> notification email to the UX list for those interested in the status  
> update.
> * I will make every effort to post a weekly status update (likely  
> toward the end of each week, but that may chance).
>
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan
>
> -- 
> Nathan Pearson | UX Lead | Sakai Foundation
>
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