hmm what happened to that mail..??? hi so no one else is interested in the knowledge manager role? I cant say Im thrilled but I will be knowledge manager if no one else wants to So mail quickly if you do want to be knowledge manager /Fredrik > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alexei Kounine <aleko379@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2004 10:51 pm > Subject: [team33] Very important: Project Roles > > > Hej guys! > > Now you can (and must) send all the emails using this contact list. > > Now i want to talk to you again about roles. > > I think that what we did until now is ok, but could be better. The > > problem is > > the roles that i've assigned. They are not precise enough, and > > this is > > why > > everybody comes to the meetings without getting anything from it. > > Now i will give you a list of very precised roles considering > what you > > told me > > you wanted to do, and what you already did: > > > > -the main problem is now the Knowledge manager. He's the one who > > is supposed to write > > something about every meeting that we had, and will have to > report > > problems and > > good things about everything that we do in quite a precise way. All > > this will be hold in one document, that he will take care. Every > > week he will have > > to ask the other guys from the group about their impressions, > and > > their working > > methods, and the problems they encountered. This doesn't mean > > that he has to be > > at all meetings: if he cannot come, he will ask someone who has > > been to the > > meeting to write a meeting report and send it to him. As Anton > (he > > was supposed > > to have that role) hasn't been to the meetings this week, i > think > > that someone has > > to take that role. I think that Frederik will be good at doing > at > > it. So Frederik, > > please start taking care of it right away, unless you really > hate > > that role. This > > role is important, and has to be done seriously. If you have > problems> remembering the first meetings, tell me and i will give > the > > details to you. > > > > -as already said before, Markus will be the architect of the > project.> He will take care of the coding part. He will also > communicate with > > the knowledge manager, and tell him about the problems he > encountered> with this. Rama will be his main assistant and > Martin will be another > > potential coder (he will have another role, see further). I > think that > > a team of 2 or 3 > > people is enough for the code itself. I (Alexei) will also > > help, especially with the communication with the other groups. > Markus> will also be responsible for the design report (3rd > > deadline). He can start it right now, by trying to do an EER diagram > > of the database. He will be responsible for setting the meetings > about> the design part. There is a need for us all to consider the > different> solutions we have: there are tools that we can use, > such as hibernate > > (may be not necessary), what kind of database we will use (there > > is a > > possibility of using the java database instead of mysql, so that we > > don't need a distant database like mysql, and can put everything in > > the same package for testing link to open source java > > dbs:http://java-source.net/open-source/database-engines, and the > most> adviced: http://hsqldb.sourceforge.net/)? and many > > other questions. So Markus > > will take care of the organisation of all this. > > > > - As nobody wanted to take care of the first deadline, i took the > > responsability, even i think that i already did a lot in other > > domains. I will still take care of the requirement specification > > report, with the help of Rama, and others who can help me. I will > > focus on my project leader role after that deadline: i will take > care> of the main meetings, talk to project leaders, and try to do > my best > > to coordonate everybody, using the tools that i will describe to you > > on thursday: Webcalendar (already used), svn and the mailing list. > > > > - Yusuf will be our link to the customer. He will have to talk with > > him, send him mails, try to get as much information as possible > > about the requirements. Everyone in the team should be able to send > > an email to Yusuf, and he will take care of asking the customer > > or/and meet him. He will also have to arrange regular meetings with > > him to talk about the project's improvement. This role is not very > > big, therefore i think that Yusuf can also help me with the first > > deadline, and maybe others later, depending on the quantity of work > > each one does. > > > > - Joachim and Anton will be the test leaders. They will take > > care of creating testing programs, and discuss the tests with the > > team.They will have to arrange meetings, with people they want > > to see: > > Architect, project leader, knowledge manager, to whom they will > > have to give regular reports, and other guys from our group. > > They can > > already think about how they want to organise the tests, and talk > > to test managers from other groups, since there will be > > global-group tests, in addition to our component tests. They can > > also start talking about Yusuf about what features the customer > > wants as main priorities, and to their best to create tests which > > are as close as possible to what the customer wanted. Remember that > > the main purpose of testing is to show to the customer that our > > system works, and follows the given requirementsThey will be > > in charge of the test report, which is the 4th deadline. > > > > - Jonas and Martin will be responsible for the second deadline: > > the project > > plan. For me this report is not really clear, that's why i can't > > really give them some precise tasks to do. They will have to > > organise meetings about this deadline, write the report, and > > talk to > > other people from the group to retrieve the information they need > > for the report. > > > > This is what i thought about. Please tell me if someone feels > > disappointed with his role. We will probably discuss this again next > > time we'll meet. > > Now i think that everybody has a precise idea of how the work is > > shared. Ask me and the others for any questions. > > I remind you that the deadlines are short, and that you should start > > thinking about how you will organize your work. > > If your working group (if you're 2 being assigned to the same > > task) is > > not working well, or if you need more people, keep in mind that some > > people have less to do, so don't hesitate to contact them, and make > > them work with you (the roles cannot be shared perfectly equaly!). > > > > Also i remember that a meeting is organised on thursday at 13 > pm, so > > that i tell you about the main tools that we have to start using > right> now. Please be there, and if you cannot ask me or someone > from the > > team to explain it to you later, but be fast, we have to start using > > svn right now. It's very important! > > And also be there for the meeting with andreas on thursday at 15 pm. > > This is essentially for Rama, Yusuf and me, who will do the > > requirement specification report. But others like the Architects and > > the knowledge manager should come as well. > > > > Don't forget to use kou.homeip.net, so that everyone knows who will > > come, and we don't have to wait for ages for someone who never > comes.> > > Thank you very much for reading that long email, but i think it's > > necessary to be fixed on that. > > > > See ya on thursday > > > > /Alex > > > > > > >