2016-05-20
The Harvard / In-Person Meeting (which followed the planning, face-to-face discussions on 5/19)
Minutes (submitted by Melissa Wisner):
ArchivesSpace PUI Discussion Summary
Meeting at Harvard University
May 19 & 20, 2016
1. Primary Project Roles & Assignees
Role | Assignee |
Project Manager/Program Manager | Brad Westbrook, ArchivesSpace |
Product Owners and Broader PUI Working Group Coordinators | Mark Custer, Yale and Susan Pyzynski, Harvard |
Technical Lead | Bobbi Fox, Harvard |
Scrum Masters | James Bullen, Hudson Molonglo and Mark Custer, Yale (for continuity post-August 2016) |
Release Manager | Mark Cooper, Lyrasis |
UX Lead/Testing, Lead/Coordinator of HUL Resources | Susan Pyzynski, Harvard |
Web Accessibility Testing Lead, Lead/Coordinator of HUL Resources | Randy Stern Lead, Harvard |
User Documentation Lead | Christine DiBella, ArchivesSpace |
Technical Documentation Lead | TBD |
Subject Matter Experts (SME) | TBD/as needed |
Unit Testing Lead/Functional Testing Lead | TBD |
2. Related Meetings & Rosters
Meeting | Format/Frequency | Roster |
User Stories & Defining Tech Work Meetings | Zoom (Virtual) MWF 8-9am EST 5/23/16-6/13/16 *No meeting Mon May 30 | Brad Westbrook (lead), Mark Custer, Bobbi Fox, Matthew Gorham, Susan Pyzynski |
Sprint Meetings | Zoom Tuesdays 6pm EDT/Wednesdays 8am Australia Every 2-3 weeks* *Still determining | James Bullen (lead), Mark Custer (alt-lead), Bobbi Fox, Payton Giles, Susan Pyzynski, Mark Triggs,Brad Westbrook, Melissa Wisner |
Full Project Meeting/Check-In | Tentative face-to-face check-in at Society of American Archivists (SAA) 1st week of August 2016 for those in attendance (MC, BF, CdB, BW, MW...) ++++++++++++++++++ Tentative schedule for in-person meeting at Yale in late September 2016 | Mark Custer, Christine DiBella, Bobbi Fox, Matthew Gorham, Robin McElheny, Susan Pyzynski, Randy Stern, Michael Vandermillen, Brad Westbrook, Melissa Wisner |
ArchivesSpace Board Meeting | Tentative late June 2016 | Brad Westbrook updating on on behalf of the PUI project as Product Manager |
YFAD & ArchivesSpace at Yale | Monthly face-to-face meeting | YUL staff |
3. Core Project Tools
Tool | Purpose | Connect Via |
JIRA | Wiki & listserv for project communication, user stories | |
GitHub | To distribute code when ready | |
ArchivesSpace “TEST” server | ||
Zoom | Video conference tool | |
Skype | Sprint meeting tol | Make sure James Bullen and Mark Custer have your Skype names for the meetings. Scrum Master will initiate calls. |
Slack | Project email/chat | TBD if using |
UX Labs at HUL | To assist with UX and WCA testing | See Roles & Assignees table. |
4. Immediate Action Items
Action Item | Lead | Purpose | Due |
Schedule User Stories/Work Plan meetings | Brad Westbrook | To schedule new round of meetings for completing the workplan. | May 23, 2016 |
Summarize meeting notes & project plan | Melissa Wisner | To document and share our meeting outcomes. | May 25, 2016 |
Configure access/permissions to all project sites and core group tools for all members | Brad Westbrook | To ensure all project members can access documents, users stories, meetings, etc. | May 27, 2016 |
Get signature on HM work contract | Mark Custer | To receive final signature on 300 hour HM contract. | June 1, 2016 |
Document a final work list to share with HM, sprint roster, and potential “free agent” ASpace developers | See User Stories meeting roster | To finalize a list of technical development required for “next release” of the PUI. | June 3, 2016 |
Secure/Give Heads up to staff at HUL for assisting with UX and Web Content Accessibility Work | Susan Pyzynski and Randy Stern | To make sure UX and WCA “micro-work” can complete over over the summer. | June 10, 2016 |
Inquire with potential “free agent” ArchivesSpace developers from the community. | Brad Westbrook | To determine if there are any community members who may be interested in providing technical assistance on certain PUI development tasks. | June 10, 2016 |
Complete user story review | See User Stories meeting roster | To finalize the group of user stories outlining the user requirements of the PUI. | June 10, 2016 |
Inquire with Kathy W at Simmons for potential grad students to assist with UX testing. | Brad Westbrook | To determine of there could be graduate student interns to assist with UX testing and feedback on the ArchivesSpace PUI. | June 14, 2016 |
Inquire with Sean Munson at UWashington for potential grad students to assist with UX testing. | Mark Custer (needs an introduction to Sean I believe). | To determine of there could be graduate student interns to assist with UX testing and feedback on the ArchivesSpace PUI. | June 14, 2016 |
Schedule date/time for “kick-off” sprint call | Mark Custer | To schedule the series of sprint meetings with the group for discussing the tech development of the PUI | June 14, 2016 |