EPF Weekly Telecon
May 14, 2008
1	Attendees:
Chris Sibbald
Ricardo Balduino
Bjorn Gustafsson
Bruce Macisaac
Per Kroll
Kim Werner
2	Agenda
1)	General Status
2)	Practice Library Status and Plans
3)	Review Bugzilla
3	General Status
1)	During the iteration assessment it was decided that we would use target milestones 1.5 M1 (ended April 30), 1.5 M2 (ends May 31), 1.5 M3 (ends June 30), 1.5 M4 (ends of July 31) and 1.5 M5 (ends Aug 22).  Please consider this in your iteration planning.
2)	Bruce gave an update on EPF Composer V1.5
a.	Now leveraging new features to support practice library (slots check box, displaying slot contents in published site/browsing perspective)
b.	Now using Practices vs. Custom Categories to capture practice overview
c.	Now have a drop down box on custom category to collect all element of a particular type.
d.	Reworked published OpenUP configuration to leverage new features.
e.	There is one known issue identified with V1.5 that need to be fixed: Order of fields in published website and browsing perspective not as desired…this will be fixed in next build.
f.	IBM is currently planning a beta of RMC 7.5 that re-uses the EPF practice library, so we need to coordinate all structural changes with Ricardo or Bruce before committing to CVS.
3)	Bruce noted that he will be updating some plug-in descriptions so make sure you have Watch Edit enabled.
4)	Authors should use EPF Composer 1.5 M2 from now on (until further notice).  Ricardo sent an email to epf-dev on May 12 (subject: Upgrade to EPF Composer 1.5) with instructions to download and configure EPF Composer 1.5 M2 for use with CVS.  Note: the link to the EPF Composer download in this email has been deprecated.  The proper link is:
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epf/composer/milestone/epf-composer-1.5.0M2RC-win32.zip	
		
4	Practice Library Status by Practice
1)	CI Practices (CI: )
a.	Chris raised 1 work item for the CI practice in the past week.
b.	Chris resolved 2 work items in the past week.
c.	There are currently 9 work items open related to the CI: practice.  See:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=CI%20Practice%20Work%20items
d.	The following three work items are resolved and need to be verified:
i.	 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=226617  Jim Ruehlin to verify.
ii.	https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=231146 Ricardo to verify
iii.	https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=229147  Ricardo to verify
e.	Chris and Bruce Macisaac had a telecon on May 13, 2008 to discuss additional proposed work items.  Expect new work items to be raised in the next week.
f.	Chris and Bruce did some work on work item https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=229148
2)	Change Management Practice (CM: )
a.	No further work since last week
b.	There are currently 4 work items open related to the CM: practice.  See:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=Change%20Management%20Practice%20Work%20Items
3)	Use Case Driven and Shared Vision Practice (UCDD: )
a.	Chris resolved https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=226781 . This work item needs to be verified.
b.	There are currently 4 work items open related to the UCDD: practice. Chris assigned one to himself this morning.  See:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=Use-Case%20Driven%20Development%20Practice%20Work%20Items
4)	PM Practices (ID: WT: RVL: 2LPP: )
a.	Ana sent regrets that she could not make today’s call.  See sent the attached status via email:

Unfortunately Ana will not be able to attend the call today. Current Status for PM practices is:

1) Ana to verify Ricardo's resolution of bugs 163, 164 and 166 this week after moving to EPFC 1.5

2) 12 bugs where assigned to this milestone but there is no visibility of work being done so far

3) 6 bugs are waiting in the backlog to be scheduled for next iterations

Bugzilla Summary:
ID 	Sev 	Pri 	Assignee 	Status 	Resolution 	TargetM 	Summary 	
146476 	maj 	P2 	pkroll@us.ibm.com 	NEW 		--- 	WT: Concept: Building Effective Teams - add content 	
171121 	nor 	P3 	apereira@whatever.pt 	NEW 		--- 	2LPP: Incorporate XP content on Planning Game 	
227174 	nor 	P3 	epf.content-inbox@eclipse.org 	NEW 		--- 	RVL: Risk-Value Lifecycle Practice � Roadmap page needs work 	
227175 	nor 	P3 	epf.content-inbox@eclipse.org 	NEW 		--- 	RVL: Add CP to show lifecycle 	
227177 	nor 	P3 	epf.content-inbox@eclipse.org 	NEW 		--- 	WT: Whole Team Practice � Intro page needs work 	
227182 	nor 	P3 	epf.content-inbox@eclipse.org 	NEW 		--- 	WT: Guideline: self-organize_work_assignments � needs improvement 	
227163 	nor 	P3 	balduino@us.ibm.com 	RESO 	FIXE 	--- 	ID: Task Plan Iteration - rework steps text and dependencies 	
227164 	nor 	P3 	balduino@us.ibm.com 	RESO 	FIXE 	--- 	ID: task manage_iteration � revisit step text 	
227166 	nor 	P3 	balduino@us.ibm.com 	RESO 	FIXE 	--- 	ID: Guideline: prioritizing_work_items � revisit content 	
200845 	nor 	P3 	bjorn@goodsoftware.ca 	NEW 		1.5 M2 	RVL: Clarify that Inception normally have one short iteration 	
227165 	nor 	P3 	bjorn@goodsoftware.ca 	NEW 		1.5 M2 	ID: Concept: Micro-Increments � revisit content 	
227168 	nor 	P3 	balduino@us.ibm.com 	NEW 		1.5 M2 	2LPP: 2-Level Project Planning practice � intro page needs work 	
227169 	nor 	P3 	bjorn@goodsoftware.ca 	NEW 		1.5 M2 	2LPP: 2-Level Planning practice � roadmap page needs work 	
227170 	nor 	P3 	bjorn@goodsoftware.ca 	NEW 		1.5 M2 	ID: Iterative Development Practice � Roadmap page needs work 	
227167 	nor 	P3 	rknaste@yahoo.com 	ASSI 		1.5 M2 	ID: Iterative Development Practice � Intro page needs work 	
227171 	nor 	P3 	apereira@whatever.pt 	ASSI 		1.5 M2 	2LPP: plan_the_project � revisit content 	
227172 	nor 	P3 	apereira@whatever.pt 	ASSI 		1.5 M2 	2LPP: Project plan work product � revisit content 	
227173 	nor 	P3 	balduino@us.ibm.com 	ASSI 		1.5 M2 	RVL: Risk-Value Lifecycle Practice � Intro page needs work 	
227176 	nor 	P3 	rknaste@yahoo.com 	ASSI 		1.5 M2 	RVL: term definitions for milestone 	
227178 	nor 	P3 	swa@ambysoft.com 	ASSI 		1.5 M2 	WT: Whole Team Practice � Roadmap page needs work 	
227181 	nor 	P3 	swa@ambysoft.com 	ASSI 		1.5 M2 	WT: Guideline: maintain a sustainable pace � needs text	

b.	There is will be no PM status call tomorrow.  Calls will resume next week at the normal time.
5)	Evolutionary Architecture Practice (EA: )
a.	The weekly meetings will be cancelled for the next couple of weeks.  The next regularly schedule call will be June 2. (see 5/13 email from Mark Dickson).
6)	Evolutionary Design and TDD Practices (ED: TDD: )
a.	Kim was in training last week and ill so he is not up to date on status.
b.	One work item has been resolved and needs to be verified.
7)	Shared Vision (SV: )
a.	No one on the call to address.  Steve will be available in June.
8)	Agile Testing (AT: )
a.	Ricardo stated that there is a discussion about changing the name of this practice to “Rapid Testing” since this is the only practice that has Agile explicitly in the name.
9)	OpenUP
a.	Has been republished based on EPFC V1.5.
5	
Bugzilla Review
1)	We reviewed the following Bugzilla report:
a.	Total
	Status 	
Assignee 		
NEW 	
ASSIGNED 	
RESOLVED 	
CLOSED 	
Total 	

Chris.Sibbald@Telelogic.com 	
. 	
12 	
4 	
65 	
81 	

Kwerner@atsva.com 	
. 	
2 	
. 	
. 	
2 	

aitor.aldazabal@esi.es 	
1 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
1 	

aitor.bediaga@esi.es 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
1 	
1 	

apereira@whatever.pt 	
3 	
2 	
1 	
45 	
51 	

balduino@us.ibm.com 	
1 	
1 	
4 	
52 	
58 	

ben.williams@telelogic.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
9 	
9 	

bhaith@numbersix.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
2 	
2 	

bjorn@goodsoftware.ca 	
4 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
4 	

blyons@numbersix.com 	
. 	
1 	
. 	
49 	
50 	

chris.armstrong@aprocessgroup.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
1 	
1 	

dspears@numbersix.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
2 	
2 	

ecuellar@atsva.com 	
. 	
2 	
. 	
. 	
2 	

epf.content-inbox@eclipse.org 	
10 	
1 	
3 	
33 	
47 	

epf.website-inbox@eclipse.org 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
1 	
1 	

epf@jochenkrebs.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
1 	
1 	

jaana@dsv.su.se 	
1 	
. 	
. 	
4 	
5 	

jruehlin@us.ibm.com 	
. 	
1 	
. 	
38 	
39 	

kurt.sand@telelogic.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
3 	
3 	

lawrenjs@us.ibm.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
9 	
9 	

lcarroll@numbersix.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
1 	
1 	

mark.dickson@steria.co.uk 	
1 	
15 	
. 	
46 	
62 	

mwood@numbersix.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
1 	
1 	

noster@numbersix.com 	
3 	
4 	
. 	
37 	
44 	

phaumer@us.ibm.com 	
. 	
. 	
. 	
1 	
1 	

pkroll@us.ibm.com 	
1 	
. 	
1 	
20 	
22 	

rbellamkonda@covansys.com 	
. 	
1 	
. 	
. 	
1 	

rknaste@yahoo.com 	
. 	
2 	
. 	
. 	
2 	

snarayan@atsva.com 	
. 	
1 	
1 	
. 	
2 	

steve@wsaconsulting.com 	
2 	
1 	
. 	
7 	
10 	

swa@ambysoft.com 	
. 	
4 	
. 	
4 	
8 	

Total 	
27 	
50 	
14 	
432 	
523 	

2)	We need to assign the 27 bugs currently in the inbox.  Practice Leads to review and assign bugs.
3)	

6	Issues/Decisions/Actions
See items in red above.