aizan
Veteran
I'll finally have some free time this weekend, so I'll start writing a draft of the project charter. We'll have to sort out some details to finish it up, so be sure to check back on Monday.
aizan
Veteran
Ok, maybe I didn't have time over the weekend. I'll try again this weekend when I'm in a food coma.
Eric T
Well-known
I can help
I can help
Stephen,
What a wonderful idea! I can help write/edit. Tom was a great guy and I am very happy to help build his well-deserved legacy.
Best regards,
Eric
I can help
Stephen,
What a wonderful idea! I can help write/edit. Tom was a great guy and I am very happy to help build his well-deserved legacy.
Best regards,
Eric
Folks,
I've been occupied with lots of stuff, but lately the local wild fires were a problem and kept my focus elsewhere.
Now things are starting get back to normal.
Stephen
I've been occupied with lots of stuff, but lately the local wild fires were a problem and kept my focus elsewhere.
Now things are starting get back to normal.
Stephen
aizan
Veteran
Ok, here's a draft of the project charter for public comments. I've also posted it to Google Docs, but I'll need your email if you want to add comments there. Volunteers, PM me your email (I'll PM anyone who doesn't see this post).
We need volunteers for technical manager and volunteer coordinator (and any other roles you can think of, e.g., publicist).
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Project Title: Tom Abrahamsson Knowledge Base
Authorization: Stephen Gandy and Tuulikki Abrahamsson
Brief Description: Tom Abrahamsson's thoughts and knowledge are spread over 6071 posts. This project aims to organize and edit this information into an online resource [Wiki, Zendesk, HTML website, etc.?] that can be easily consulted by [the film and rangefinder photography community].
Scope and Goals: Project volunteers will classify all 6071 posts by Tom into an estimated 20 to 30 topics and rewrite the information into articles. [Stephen Gandy and volunteers] will then create a [Wiki, Zendesk, HTML website, etc.?] to publish the articles. Citations will link to Tom's original posts on RangeFinderForum.com so that readers can understand the context in which the information was originally presented. This project will allow members of the film and rangefinder community to consult Tom's knowledge in a more useful format, thereby sustaining his legacy. The resulting knowledge base will be completed by [what month], 2019, and it will be published on RapidWinder.com, RangeFinderForum.com, and CameraQuest.com. It will complement CameraQuest.com and RangeFinderForum.com as valuable, authoritative, and trustworthy sources of information on film and rangefinder photography.
Deliverables:
1. Project plan and workflow.
2. Spreadsheet of all 6071 posts, classified into an estimated 20 to 30 topics.
3. Articles on each topic with citations to all posts.
4. [Wiki, Zendesk, HTML website, etc.?] knowledge base published on RapidWinder.com, RangeFinderForum.com, and CameraQuest.com.
Stakeholders:
• Stephen Gandy
• Tuulikki Abrahamsson
• Members of RangeFinderForum.com
• Members of the film and rangefinder photography community
Users: Members of the film and rangefinder photography community. Customers of RapidWinder.com and CameraQuest.com. Members of RangeFinderForum.com.
Project Organization:
• Sponsors: Stephen Gandy (CameraQuest.com, RangeFinderForum.com) and Tuulikki Abrahamsson (RapidWinder.com)
• Project Manager: aizan (R. Aizan Sasayama)
• Volunteer Coordinator: [any volunteers?]
• Technical Manager: [any volunteers?]
Volunteers: Self-nominated. The volunteer coordinator will assign tasks to individual volunteers as permitted by their availability.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Sponsors: Make top level decisions about the classification, editing, and publication of the knowledge base. Provide leadership, information, and resources to the project manager, volunteer coordinator, and technical manager to reach project milestones and meet project goals. Are authorized to access and modify any document or system.
• Project Manager: Communicates with the sponsors, volunteer coordinator, and technical manager to plan the project, assign tasks, and track progress. Will deliver a project plan to the sponsors by December 15, 2018. Will complete a preliminary classification survey of posts with sponsors and technical manager by [January 1, 2019]. Provides bi-weekly status reports to the sponsors. Maintains project management applications [Google Drive, Slack, Trello?]. Is authorized to access and modify any document.
• Volunteer Coordinator: Communicates with volunteers to determine their availability and assign tasks accordingly. Creates style guide for articles. Trains volunteers on workflow, reviews classification of posts and editing of articles to ensure quality. Provides project manager with a bi-weekly status report of new volunteers and cancellations, and notifies project manager of volunteer concerns as needed. Is authorized to access and modify any document.
• Technical Manager: Communicates with sponsors to determine technical resources for the knowledge base platform. Communicates with project manager and volunteer coordinator to set up workflow infrastructure. Implements the knowledge base. Is authorized to access and modify any document or system.
• Volunteers: Reads and classifies posts according to the preliminary classification survey, proposes new topics if discovered. Edits posts into articles and adds citations according to the style guide and spreadsheet of classified posts. Communicates concerns with the volunteer coordinator. Authorized to access the post spreadsheet and the articles.
Communication and Project Management Apps:
All communication amongst the sponsors, project manager, volunteer coordinator, and technical manager will take place on [PMs, Slack, email?]. Communication between the volunteer coordinator and the volunteers will take place in a new forum thread: Tom Abrahamsson Knowledge Base Project. Tasks and time frames will be posted on Trello.
After volunteer coordinator and technical manager are chosen:
Project Plan: [phases, activities, milestones, timeframes, dependencies]
Resources: [labor, tools, platform]
Success Assessment: [how we define a successful project]
We need volunteers for technical manager and volunteer coordinator (and any other roles you can think of, e.g., publicist).
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Project Title: Tom Abrahamsson Knowledge Base
Authorization: Stephen Gandy and Tuulikki Abrahamsson
Brief Description: Tom Abrahamsson's thoughts and knowledge are spread over 6071 posts. This project aims to organize and edit this information into an online resource [Wiki, Zendesk, HTML website, etc.?] that can be easily consulted by [the film and rangefinder photography community].
Scope and Goals: Project volunteers will classify all 6071 posts by Tom into an estimated 20 to 30 topics and rewrite the information into articles. [Stephen Gandy and volunteers] will then create a [Wiki, Zendesk, HTML website, etc.?] to publish the articles. Citations will link to Tom's original posts on RangeFinderForum.com so that readers can understand the context in which the information was originally presented. This project will allow members of the film and rangefinder community to consult Tom's knowledge in a more useful format, thereby sustaining his legacy. The resulting knowledge base will be completed by [what month], 2019, and it will be published on RapidWinder.com, RangeFinderForum.com, and CameraQuest.com. It will complement CameraQuest.com and RangeFinderForum.com as valuable, authoritative, and trustworthy sources of information on film and rangefinder photography.
Deliverables:
1. Project plan and workflow.
2. Spreadsheet of all 6071 posts, classified into an estimated 20 to 30 topics.
3. Articles on each topic with citations to all posts.
4. [Wiki, Zendesk, HTML website, etc.?] knowledge base published on RapidWinder.com, RangeFinderForum.com, and CameraQuest.com.
Stakeholders:
• Stephen Gandy
• Tuulikki Abrahamsson
• Members of RangeFinderForum.com
• Members of the film and rangefinder photography community
Users: Members of the film and rangefinder photography community. Customers of RapidWinder.com and CameraQuest.com. Members of RangeFinderForum.com.
Project Organization:
• Sponsors: Stephen Gandy (CameraQuest.com, RangeFinderForum.com) and Tuulikki Abrahamsson (RapidWinder.com)
• Project Manager: aizan (R. Aizan Sasayama)
• Volunteer Coordinator: [any volunteers?]
• Technical Manager: [any volunteers?]
Volunteers: Self-nominated. The volunteer coordinator will assign tasks to individual volunteers as permitted by their availability.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Sponsors: Make top level decisions about the classification, editing, and publication of the knowledge base. Provide leadership, information, and resources to the project manager, volunteer coordinator, and technical manager to reach project milestones and meet project goals. Are authorized to access and modify any document or system.
• Project Manager: Communicates with the sponsors, volunteer coordinator, and technical manager to plan the project, assign tasks, and track progress. Will deliver a project plan to the sponsors by December 15, 2018. Will complete a preliminary classification survey of posts with sponsors and technical manager by [January 1, 2019]. Provides bi-weekly status reports to the sponsors. Maintains project management applications [Google Drive, Slack, Trello?]. Is authorized to access and modify any document.
• Volunteer Coordinator: Communicates with volunteers to determine their availability and assign tasks accordingly. Creates style guide for articles. Trains volunteers on workflow, reviews classification of posts and editing of articles to ensure quality. Provides project manager with a bi-weekly status report of new volunteers and cancellations, and notifies project manager of volunteer concerns as needed. Is authorized to access and modify any document.
• Technical Manager: Communicates with sponsors to determine technical resources for the knowledge base platform. Communicates with project manager and volunteer coordinator to set up workflow infrastructure. Implements the knowledge base. Is authorized to access and modify any document or system.
• Volunteers: Reads and classifies posts according to the preliminary classification survey, proposes new topics if discovered. Edits posts into articles and adds citations according to the style guide and spreadsheet of classified posts. Communicates concerns with the volunteer coordinator. Authorized to access the post spreadsheet and the articles.
Communication and Project Management Apps:
All communication amongst the sponsors, project manager, volunteer coordinator, and technical manager will take place on [PMs, Slack, email?]. Communication between the volunteer coordinator and the volunteers will take place in a new forum thread: Tom Abrahamsson Knowledge Base Project. Tasks and time frames will be posted on Trello.
After volunteer coordinator and technical manager are chosen:
Project Plan: [phases, activities, milestones, timeframes, dependencies]
Resources: [labor, tools, platform]
Success Assessment: [how we define a successful project]
silvano
Newbie
Hi to all...
Very interesting project. Let me know if and how I can help.
Very interesting project. Let me know if and how I can help.
looks good to me.
what I can provide is all the posts,
sorted by the forum they were posted in.
of course a search of them will also bring up whatever subjects you might be searching for.
Stephen
aizan
Veteran
Great! I can probably look at the export of posts and make a project plan, etc. on Sunday, so I'll set up Google Drive, Slack, and Trello when I get home.
Would any of the current volunteers like to be the volunteer coordinator? Also, it would be great if someone here who has the latest web design skills could be the technical manager, but I can do that in a pinch.
Would any of the current volunteers like to be the volunteer coordinator? Also, it would be great if someone here who has the latest web design skills could be the technical manager, but I can do that in a pinch.
aizan
Veteran
Back on the trail again! Everyone who expressed interest will be getting a PM for your email so you can be added to the project's Google Drive, Slack, and Trello.
If anyone is interested in being the Volunteer Coordinator or Technical Manager, the positions are still open.
As always, the first order of business is to clean the spreadsheet. Posts with commas and carriage returns are broken up into multiple column cells and rows. I'll see if this can be automated, otherwise it'll have to be done manually.
If anyone is interested in being the Volunteer Coordinator or Technical Manager, the positions are still open.
As always, the first order of business is to clean the spreadsheet. Posts with commas and carriage returns are broken up into multiple column cells and rows. I'll see if this can be automated, otherwise it'll have to be done manually.
aizan
Veteran
Sorry the project has been dead for so long. A couple people recently asked what's up, so I posted a doc to the Google Drive folder to illustrate the problem with cleaning the export of posts.
If anybody's in the mood to clean up the spreadsheet manually, let me know!
If anybody's in the mood to clean up the spreadsheet manually, let me know!
Folks, what is happening on this?
Thanks,
Stephen
Thanks,
Stephen
aizan
Veteran
No change since my last post. We have a several options to get over this problem:
1. Volunteers grit their teeth and clean the spreadsheet by hand. It's not the kind of work you'd want to do for free, though.
2. We find a volunteer for technical manager who has the right programming skills to clean the spreadsheet.
3. We come up with a workflow that doesn't involve the export at all.
Or maybe someone has other ideas?
1. Volunteers grit their teeth and clean the spreadsheet by hand. It's not the kind of work you'd want to do for free, though.
2. We find a volunteer for technical manager who has the right programming skills to clean the spreadsheet.
3. We come up with a workflow that doesn't involve the export at all.
Or maybe someone has other ideas?