[Framework-Team] strategic sprint designation for Arnhem sprint

Sun Aug 18 16:58:59 UTC 2013

I will talk to my boss about attending for a week. I will be missing the
conference this year so maybe this is a good compromise :/

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Franco Pellegrini <frapell at gmail.com>wrote:

> There's a big +1 from me... I don't think I can make it for the whole 4
> weeks, I'm thinking maybe getting there around the 9th or so... but I still
> need to pull a few strings in terms of time and organization, and also see
> if I can have some financial aid for the plane tickets... but this is
> definitely an amazing idea, hope to see it happening !
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:41 AM, Maarten Kling <maarten at fourdigits.nl>wrote:
>
>> Hello FWT,
>>
>> We experienced a 'marathon' sprint ourselves and that works very well. In
>> April we went to Ibiza with 10 people to work on a project.
>> Having people all together in a closed environment worked out pretty
>> well, and the results where a finished project as planned. We had 4 sprints
>> for 1 week (1month total), all had there own goals.
>>
>> If people are up for this we can facilitate this Sprint Marathon at our
>> office, including sleeping spots for free. We have a kitchen (and bar :))
>> available to provide cooking and lunch.
>> All other necessary facilities are available (washing machine, shower,
>> beer, garden).
>>
>> Our initial plan was to do a sprint from 11th until 15th November. We can
>> extend this for the marathon to start 28th October and end 22th November.
>> This way the Americans can be home for Thanksgiving. We can have 4 sprints
>> for a week, having people sign-up for single week sprint or the complete
>> run.
>>
>> We are definitely planning all goals upfront. Plone5 will be the topic.
>> Depending on the work done at the ploneconf sprint, we will create an
>> manage backlog for the remaining topics.
>>
>> Let me know how you think.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Team 4D
>>
>> --
>> Maarten Kling
>> http://fourdigits.nl/mensen/**maarten-kling<http://fourdigits.nl/mensen/maarten-kling>
>>
>> Four Digits BV
>> http://www.fourdigits.nl
>> Jansbinnensingel 26, 6811 AL, Arnhem
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>>
>>
>> On 8/7/13 6:09 PM, Rok Garbas wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting Timo Stollenwerk (2013-08-07 09:10:18)
>>>
>>>> Hi FWT,
>>>>
>>>> while you're at it, would you mind considering to recommend the sprint
>>>> in
>>>> Cologne in February next year as strategic sprint to the board as well?
>>>> (I'm
>>>> still on holidays, so I haven't had the time to push this further yet)
>>>>
>>>> I'd be more than happy to discuss possible sprint goals with the FWT. My
>>>> initial idea was to focus on p.a.contenttypes/p.a.event but I'd guess
>>>> that we
>>>> will have solved most problems until February. Therefore code cleanup
>>>> (formlib->z3cform; skins removal, package consolidation, etc.) could be
>>>> one of
>>>> the main topics. Though, anything that brings us closer to Plone 5 and
>>>> that
>>>> makes sense at that point is fine with me.
>>>>
>>>>  would it make it feasible to do "marathon" instead of a sprint just to
>>> push
>>> plone 5 out sooner. usually what happens on sprint is that we get things
>>> 90%
>>> done, but then it takes months to get that last 10% done. with
>>> "marathon" it
>>> would mean to bring developers together for a month with a goal to
>>> release
>>> plone 5. probably not all developers could attend it for whole month but
>>> there
>>> should be core team of "marathoners" that will be there from day one.
>>>
>>> i know that this idea sounds crazy, eg: how can we get one month off
>>> from our
>>> "day" jobs? but the result would be plone 5 being ready at least half a
>>> year
>>> earlier, which sounds to be worth at least giving a though if not trying
>>> to
>>> organize it.
>>>
>>> and why i'm saying this in this thread. there are many sprints in germany
>>> around that time (at least it was like that in previous years) which, if
>>> we
>>> combine them, would mean first plone "marathon".
>>>
>>>  Maybe we can take Eric's Plone 5 suggestions and create a more detailed
>>>> roadmap
>>>> (tasks, sprints, champions) how to realize our Plone 5 goals. Once we
>>>> have such
>>>> a roadmap we can plan the (stategic) sprint topics accordingly.
>>>>
>>> i'll prepare details list of things that need to be done to get
>>> p.a.widgets/toolbar ready for production use.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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