Chandler Engineering Meeting - December 7th, 2006

Alpha4

Alpha5 and Alpha6 timeline

• Apps team SWAG: 40 days to get to alpha5 CC/FC, makes us hit mid february for CC/Feature complete, add 6 weeks for debug/stabilization to that and we get to end of March
• Suggestion: cut alpha6 and do a cycle of pure debug/stabilization and performance
• EIM will be finished by then
• We need to get some stuff reeled in alpha5:
  • Dump and Reload
  • Installers
  • Other end game features might have to be migrated to alpha5
• Take some cut/keep decision on big items:
  • Conflict management? *Edit/Update?
• We need to get PPD input here (Sheila in vacation this week) before we make such a decision -> report the decision to Dec. 21st (next Eng meeting)
• Concern with having one less cycle to make adjustment
• Mitigation: we'll need to get people to test alpha5 checkpoint when we get to CC/FC
• We need to be very clear on what CC/FC and the various milestones in the end game means

QA

• QA taking some of Service QA responsibility
• Basically will build a test plan
• Goal is to build confidence in the servive
• Won't do the QoS^?

IRC Office Hours

• We should dedicate 1 hour a week for collaborative testing
• Will switch betweem Cosmo and Chandler
• Take the weekly Wednesday 11am to noon since we don't have anything planned on that regular slot for the time being

-- PhilippeBossut - 07 Dec 2006