[Grassroots-l] ProjectDB and management tools for Pilots/Projects

[Christoph Derndorfer]

Good morning Seth,

sounds like a great topic and I'd love to join in, however that time 
(Friday midnight!!) overlaps with my going-out-and-drinking-beers plans 
so I don't think I'll be able to make it...

I therefore vote for IRC as the means of communication since that would 
allow me to catch up with what was said over the weekend.

In terms of thoughts on the subject I just want to say that for 
"project management" there are tons of tools available and I'm not sure 
whether hacking the ProjectDB and thereby reinventing the wheel makes 
sense. Especially since that requires a lot of resources and whatnot.

So therefore I'm inclined to say that it would be better to scout for 
worthy FOSS PM tools / Web services and then integrate a simple 
export-function from ProjectDB into that other system. Then ProjectDB 
would remain lean and focused and there'd be a clear step in terms of 
project status from "proposal" (as long as it's in ProjectDB) to "work 
in progress" (as soon as moved into that PM tool).

But then again, I haven't had my morning coffee so I have no idea 
whether what I just wrote makes any sense at all... ;-)

Thanks,
Christoph


Zitat von Seth Woodworth <seth at laptop.org>:

> SJ, Pia Waugh, and I had a very interesting conversation tonight about
> organizing projects and proposals via a web interface such as Austria's
> ProjectDB (http://projectdb.olpc.at).  While I think that there are several
> more things that the wiki can and should be doing via Semantic MediaWiki,
> there are several things that wiki will never be able to do.
>
> There is a growing need for some project/proposal management tools that are
> a little smarter about keeping private information private, which is the
> current use of the ProjectDB.  There are several ways that ProjectDB could
> be expanded and used by individual OLPC groups (like olpc.org.au).
>
> We're going to have an open meeting on the subject at:
>
> * 23:00 Friday, August 15th, UTC
> **9:00AM Sat .au
> **6:00PM Fri .us
>
> Reply to this thread if you would prefer IRC or Phone and some brief
> thoughts on the subject.
>
> All the best,
> Seth Woodworth
>