Hello, I''ve set up an installation of my project, eXPlain Project Management Tool (http://explainpmt.com), at http://railsday.explainpmt.com. If anyone would like to use eXPlainPMT to plan their team''s RailsDay project, just shoot me an email (off list) with the name you want for your project and the email addresses and desired usernames and passwords for your project teams members. Of course, you could always download and install eXPlainPMT on your own system (http://rubyforge.org/projects/explainpmt) -- this is just intended for those who might not want to bother with that. Again, I''m not charging for this, so just shoot me an email if you''re interested. -- Regards, John Wilger ----------- Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat. "I don''t know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn''t matter." - Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland
> I''ve set up an installation of my project, eXPlain Project Management > Tool (http://explainpmt.com), at http://railsday.explainpmt.com. If > anyone would like to use eXPlainPMT to plan their team''s RailsDay > project, just shoot me an email (off list) with the name you want for > your project and the email addresses and desired usernames and > passwords for your project teams members.You mean tracking projects once the competition starts, right? :) My interpretation of the rules would disallow any sort of advanced planning on this scale. I''d love to get official word from the Railsday folks, though. It''s never been entirely clear just how much we''re allowed to do before-hand. Ben
On 5/25/05, Ben Bleything <ben-TGHtUsa5cOzMFIMGWPqnnw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> You mean tracking projects once the competition starts, right? :) > > My interpretation of the rules would disallow any sort of advanced > planning on this scale. I''d love to get official word from the > Railsday folks, though. It''s never been entirely clear just how much > we''re allowed to do before-hand.Rule 7 on the http://railsday.com site states: " You are allowed to dream up the idea before the competition you can also do paper " mock-ups of database schemas and UIs. No digital mockups any more complex than a " paper napkin drawing are allowed before the competition begins. Since eXPlainPMT just supports plain-text story cards, this would probably qualify as not being "any more complex than a paper napkin drawing" rule. If the judges could clarify whether pre-planning with this tool is allowed or not, that would be great. If it''s _not_ allowed, I can easily set up the projects and accounts in a non-public database and just activate them on the day of the contest. -- Regards, John Wilger ----------- Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat. "I don''t know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn''t matter." - Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland
On Wed, May 25, 2005, John Wilger wrote:> On 5/25/05, Ben Bleything <ben-TGHtUsa5cOzMFIMGWPqnnw@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > You mean tracking projects once the competition starts, right? :) > > > > My interpretation of the rules would disallow any sort of advanced > > planning on this scale. I''d love to get official word from the > > Railsday folks, though. It''s never been entirely clear just how much > > we''re allowed to do before-hand. > > Rule 7 on the http://railsday.com site states: > > " You are allowed to dream up the idea before the competition you can > also do paper > " mock-ups of database schemas and UIs. No digital mockups any more > complex than a > " paper napkin drawing are allowed before the competition begins. > > Since eXPlainPMT just supports plain-text story cards, this would > probably qualify as not being "any more complex than a paper napkin > drawing" rule. If the judges could clarify whether pre-planning with > this tool is allowed or not, that would be great.The reason I''m concerned is that the quoted rule only discusses digital mockups. It doesn''t say anything at all about design documentation. Yeah, db diagrams are a subset thereof, but it''s enough to make me nervous. I''ve kept myself to a couple of vague bubble-style db sketches in my notebook, just to play it safe. I wish there had been better information about what was and wasn''t allowed, but 10 days before the contest is pretty well too late to tell people they can''t do what they''ve already done. Here''s hoping we get some clarification! Ben
On Wednesday 25 May 2005 08:15 pm, Ben Bleything wrote:> The reason I''m concerned is that the quoted rule only discusses digital > mockups. It doesn''t say anything at all about design documentation. > Yeah, db diagrams are a subset thereof, but it''s enough to make me > nervous.Story cards fall more in the lines of requirements than design documents. All it captures is what we want to build, not how we are building it. But I agree, it would be nice to get a ruling from the contest runners on this issue. -- -- Jim Weirich jim-Fxty1mrVU9GlFc2d6oM/ew@public.gmane.org http://onestepback.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth (in a memo to Peter van Emde Boas)
Hey Ben,
Sorry about Rails Day, the site has been stagnant while we
finish off the registration and competetion system.
On May 25, 2005, at 8:01 PM, Ben Bleything wrote:
>> I''ve set up an installation of my project, eXPlain Project
Management
>> Tool (http://explainpmt.com), at http://railsday.explainpmt.com. If
>> anyone would like to use eXPlainPMT to plan their team''s
RailsDay
>> project, just shoot me an email (off list) with the name you want for
>> your project and the email addresses and desired usernames and
>> passwords for your project teams members.
>>
>
> You mean tracking projects once the competition starts, right? :)
>
> My interpretation of the rules would disallow any sort of advanced
> planning on this scale. I''d love to get official word from the
> Railsday folks, though. It''s never been entirely clear just how
much
> we''re allowed to do before-hand.
>
> Ben
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