Ann: Devel Meeting April 7th (Tomorrow)

[Alan Dayley]

The next PLUG Devel Meeting is on Thursday, April 7th.

What: PLUG Developer Meeting
When: Thursday, April 7th, 2005 at 7:00 PM
Where: Adtron Corporation
4415 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85040
(Directions are available in the web site FAQ here:
http://plug.phoenix.az.us/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=3&categories=PLUG+Meetings&parent_id=0#27

Topic: The InstallFest Planner Project: Where it's at.  Requirements 
gathering.  Team construction (maybe).

A GNUe presentation is not prepared.  (See note below.)  But the 
InstallFest/Event Planner is at a point where much discussion needs to be 
completed and perhaps some decisions be made.  I expect Joseph to take 
the lead here since he is the current Project Leader.  I hope I am not 
putting you on the spot, Joseph.  Interested parties are welcome to 
contribute to the discussion.

Requirements gathering is an important part of a software project.  We 
will also have excellent potential users of the software in the form of 
PLUG InstallFest participants and organizers along with ASULUG people (or 
person).  We should be able to pin down requirements and watch how this 
can flow to the design.  It will, I think, be very informative to anyone 
interested in a software development process.

I plan to potentially reverse the layout of the room so we can use the 
marker boards in the Training Room at the back of the Break Room we meet 
in.  Hopefully the double doors will be wide enough for every one to have 
a good view.  The projector will also be available.

Please come and learn part of the software development process.  We have 
some pretty experienced people involved with much to show and contribute.

Alan

GNUe Note:

I have installed GNUe on my test box that we use in the meeting.  I got to 
the point of configuring a database connection and got no further.  So, a 
GNUe presentation is out for tomorrow.  We could discuss it and explore 
together, if we want.  (I am impressed with how far the documentation on 
the project has come since the last time I looked at it.)