[Talk-ht] Need Help Managing Mapping Requests

[Jean-Guilhem Cailton]

Mikel,

Exactly. But no need to reinvent the wheel. There are proven techniques 
to manage complex projects, such as this OSM/Haiti one.
(I was lucky enough to have an associate who teaches these techniques - 
wrote several books about them).

Please read the parts about Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) and Work 
Breakdown Structure (WBS) in the following article, for example (the 
other BS are less relevant here, or in a relatively very simplified way)
http://toostep.com/insight/article---break-down-structures---wbs-obs-rbs-pbs-cbs-an-ove

Please, read
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2010-January/047575.html

and understand the example in the shared spreadsheet. (I discovered 
shared spreadsheet while working on the hospitals list, it is very 
powerful).


I think that with this simple tool, you could send a rocket to the moon 
(and with a team of OSMers, of course). :)

(in short, the spreadsheet is 2D, the wiki only 1D)

Any questions are welcome, of course.

Best regards,

Jean-Guilhem


Mikel Maron a écrit :
> Yes, I think we also have a separate set of tasks specifically for 
> tool developers. Another for communication/coordination.
> These as well need similar organizing to the mapping tasks. But as 
> these are distinct modes, groups, probably separately listed, and 
> perhaps managed by different folks.
>
> My preference is to keep this all in the wiki for now, in one place. 
> Problem we have at the moment is too much, spread around too many 
> places, without clear organization.
>  
> == Mikel Maron ==
> http://mapkibera..org/ <http://mapkibera.org/>
> +254 (0) 724899738
> mikel at osmfoundation.org
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com>
> *To:* Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* talk-ht at openstreetmap.org
> *Sent:* Thu, January 28, 2010 1:27:31 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Talk-ht] Need Help Managing Mapping Requests
>
> Mikel,
>
> Have you seen the shared Project Management spreadsheet ? :
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0An_LB2U4zHBzdFRNR3dGczQycnZUcTJ6S2JjZ1o2dGc&hl=en 
> <http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0An_LB2U4zHBzdFRNR3dGczQycnZUcTJ6S2JjZ1o2dGc&hl=en>
>
> Maybe, it could be used for "self-ticketing", given, for a good start 
> for mapping, a good example of "Mapping Breakdown Structure" :) ? 
> Maybe both in Product Breakdown Structure, and Work Breakdown 
> Structure ? With "Who" (in OBS) then taking charge of the work in the 
> corresponding cells.
>
> Register by typing your name in the cell. And split a cell, going down 
> one level in the hierarchy, when someone comes along to help. And 
> insert lines below when more people come to help. Fairly simple and 
> flexible no ?
>
> Jean-Guilhem
>
>
> Mikel Maron a écrit :
>> All
>>
>> We lack a single clear place where mappers can come to find what kind 
>> of tasks are most urgently needed,
>> who else is working on these tasks, the status of the task, and who 
>> to notify if something is completed.
>>
>> Can someone stand up to take on the role of organizing and 
>> maintaining this?
>>
>> Currently, elements of this are spread throughout the Haiti 
>> WikiProject pages. Mea culpa, I contributed to this
>> state of affairs as well.
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Mapping_Coordination#What_needs_to_be_mapped.3F
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Tasks_and_Ideas#Mapping_Tasks
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Mapping_Coordination#Requests_from_Responders
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/Status
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti/News
>>
>> We really need someone to commit to organizing these pages into a 
>> single clear space on the wiki, and monitoring how things progress.
>> If requests are found on crisismappers list, direct emails, or in 
>> analysis of the map, they'd need to add that to the wiki.
>> Would be helpful to be in touch with organizers at various 
>> crisiscamps this weekend, to coordinate work.
>>
>> In this role, if this person became occupied with other work, they'd 
>> need to let us know here on talk-ht so someone else could take over.
>>
>> Essentially, this needs to work something like an informal ticketing 
>> system. I believe this could be managed in the wiki
>> for the time being, and lessons from the crisis applied for better 
>> systems in future responses.
>>
>> How does this sound? Anyone ready to take on this role?
>>
>> Mikel
>>
>> == Mikel Maron ==
>> http://mapkibera.org/
>> +254 (0) 724899738
>> mikel at osmfoundation.org
>>
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