Development Prioritization subteam

The Development Prioritization subteam is comprised of members from both the ArchivesSpace User Advisory and Technical Advisory Councils. This subteam was created in January 2016 following a decision to split the former Features Prioritization and Testing team into two separate groups. In collaboration with the ArchivesSpace Program Team, the subteam prioritizes feature requests and bug reports for developers working on future releases of the ArchivesSpace program.

The prioritization process:

The co-leaders regularly survey Bug and Feature Request Jira tickets and assign subteam members tickets to investigate and discuss at the team meetings. In preparation to the meeting, subteam members verify the issues, seek/provide clarification when needed, and screen for duplicates, obsolete issues, or institution-specific technical issues that should instead be addressed locally. During the meeting, the subteam discusses the tickets, reevaluates the priority ranking, and will route the ticket to “Awaiting More Information,” “Ready for Implementation,” or “Closed” if the ticket is declined. The subteam member assigned to the ticket will follow up with explanatory comments on the decision. Each meeting tries to address a mixture of Bug and Feature requests, from both the “Awaiting Prioritization” and “Awaiting More Information” queues.

Factors influencing the prioritization include

Demonstrated community interest in the issue by supporting votes and comments on the tickets and/or discussion on the member listserv and Google Group
Sufficient specification (see the How to Request a new Feature/How to Report a Bug documentation and Hydra Project)
Developer capacity and expertise
Priorities outlined in the Development Roadmap
Results of the Development prioritization survey (last issued July 2016)

2018 Roster

Co-Leaders: Lydia Tang (UAC) and Maggie Hughes (TAC)

Members: