Project Objectives - 23rd August 2005

[Steve]

To help keep the project running, we have devised a series of objectives in several areas of the project. The objectives are small and designed to be completed between meetings, in 2 or 3 weeks and will help to keep the project moving at a steady pace. This thread covers the current objectives and provides links to the work being done on them.

If you wish to join an objective, look for a forum thread marked "[OBJ] With the objective name" and proceed to comment in that thread about the particular objective. If no such thread exists, you may create your own or in some cases, no thread will be needed and you can work independently. You may post here if you have general comments or questions on the objective process or wish to add yourself to an objective. There are no restrictions on who can join an objective.

In each meeting, new objectives will be explained and discussed and then posted on the forums. Team members will then have until the next meeting to complete the objective and be ready to report about the progress during that meeting. In some cases, a short report on the forums will be enough, in others you will need to collect your resources together and post them in the relevant meeting thread before the meeting, so the content can be examined and comments made in the meeting. If you are unable to come to the meeting, you must complete a report and send it to Steve or Hyronymus before the meeting so it can be presented on your behalf.


Deadline for the following objectives: Tuesday 6th August 2005

Contents
1: User Interface - Collection of ideas
2: Website - Complete Template
3: Website - Code major parts
4: Coding Group - Sort it out
5: Design Document - Commenting Part 1


Objective 1 : User Interface - Collection of ideas
Ideas should be collected about what the user interface needs. This includes the sections of windows, window contents, icons on the screen. General themes can also be discussed. Some of this material is included in the Design Document, so that should be taken into consideration.
Forum Thread: Click

Objective 2 : Website - Complete Template
Complete the website template using the results from the previous objectives as well as the information discussed in the previous meetings. This will include making sections for the new parts built in objective 3.
Forum Thread: Click

Objective 3 : Website - Code major parts
Coding can start on major parts of the website. These have been identified as:
1) A news system to allow the project leaders to post meeting dates and other useful news posts.
2) A system for storing/showing the minutes and logs of the meetings.
3) A prototype layout of how the Design Document will be displayed on the website.
For these three sections, a full admin system is not necessary. They should incorperate the public section of the website and proper admin controls can be added in a later objective.
Forum Thread: Click

Objective 4 : Coding Group - Sort it out
A coding group needs to be properly created so that they can be ready to do relevant coding tasks and help with the project. Confirming who is already part of this group, is covered in this objective. During the meeting there were several people who were interested in coding that have been forgotten, they should be included.
Forum Thread: Click

Objective 5 : Design Document - Commenting Part 1
People should read and understand the first three sections of the design document and make comments on them. They can then post these comments in the appropiate thread, before the objective deadline. The comments will then be collected and sorted by the project leaders. Depending on the comment content, they will be discussed with the Design Document creators and possible updates to the Design Document will be created from there.
Forum Thread: Click

Topic locked, objectives have been processed as much as possible (09112006).