| ID: | 2458 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Tue, 6 Nov 2018 07:43:23 +0100 (CET) |
| Subject: | [pcb-rnd] user contribution - experiment - sign up for CUCP! |
| replies: | 2463 from Alain Vigne <al...@gmail.com> |
Hi all, we have very good experience with the following combinations of contribution: - dev+own_interest: getting new developers joining and working on random parts they like - dev+porject_interest: new devs working on some parts that need work - user+own_interest: users testing and reporting bugs they find in their own production use However, we have only limited success with the specific combo of user+project_interest: "user doable tasks that are not interesting for the given user but important for the project". We have a growing montain of that sort of tasks, ranging from coordinated testing to documentation. See also: - http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/help.html - http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/TODO.user - the export auto-test validation project (which didn't see much progress since 2016) The main problem seems to be time and coordination. As an attempt to fix these, we are going to experiment with the following construction in our new Coordinated User Contribution Project [CUCP]: - the User allocates a _regular_ time slot, probably 1..2 hours a week, that the User makes absolutely clear of any other task; e.g. "every wednesday 6pm to 7pm". Girlfriend/boyfreind/wife/kids/friends configured to know this time slot is dedicated to pcb-rnd. - it is okay if occassionally something real important preempts, but that shouldn't happen too often - just pick a time slot that you can dedicate - the User sings up for the CUCP, tells me the time slot choosen - before each slot, the User gets detailed instructions what needs to be done; these don't require any special skills, just some real basic pcb-rnd user level know-how and usually the latest svn version of pcb-rnd. Tasks come in real small portions, usually doable in 1 hour. Benefits for the user: - visible, appreciated contribution to the project - regular progress, something you can look back at after months or years and can see what you have done - no responsibilities and complications: you don't need to oversee or worry about an overall state of the CUCP, don't need to coordinate anything, so there's no long-term responsibility involved. It's really just lending your brain & fingers for 1..2 hours a week - fixed time frame: the CUCP undertsands that you offer that specific amount of time, and will not push for more; this task won't grow to eat up your free time If you are interested, please contact me. The project needs you. Best regards, Igor2
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2458 [pcb-rnd] user contribution - experiment - sign up for CUCP! from ge...@igor2.repo.hu
2463 Re: [pcb-rnd] user contribution - experiment - sign up for CUCP! from Alain Vigne <al...@gmail.com>
2464 Re: [pcb-rnd] user contribution - experiment - sign up for CUCP! from ge...@igor2.repo.hu