On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 12:26:31PM -0600, Alberto Treviño wrote: > > I guess the big question is what are the goals for this project? Is it > team unity? Share/gain experience? Do something cool? Do something > useful? Do something that's easy to use? Do something that can be > used on most old hardware? I would highly recommend this be the first > item of business on Tuesday and that it be answered. My guess is that > the answer will probably be a list of priorities. Once those > priorities are in place, any issue (like > distro/filter/proxy/settings/hwardware/etc.) will simply fall into > place.
You may disagree with me, but I think that what you recommend should be the second item of business. Let me explain. I've seen projects where there were two or three planning meetings upfront where all of the goals were determined. Unfortunately, by the time any work got done, people were bored. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think we should get some work done first: spend a couple of hours and get a proof of concept working. Make something, however small, work. Only then would we have a meeting where we discuss goals and make a list of tasks, and since there's already something there, it's easier to avoid getting bored by the meeting. If we make a drastic change in approach after a week, that's fine, but at least there's enough momentum to make the change. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868
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