Re: Deadlines & Schedules ?

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Arafat Medini <lumina at silverpen dot de> wrote:
> well speaking of myself, I even know when the api freeze for 3.0 will
> be... Still if the problem is to announce this, then also no problem
> it's more a time problem ...

You knowing it is one thing, you telling everyone else on your team and
on your project page is another and you using that info to put forth a
complete and comprehensive schedule is yet another (again, I'm NOT picking
on you or anyone else - I'm just milking this thread to make a very serious
point :-).  I think it would be best to incorporate all the data you have
on all the deadlines to put forth a comprehensive schedule outlining these 
milestones so that all team members (and the public at large) are well aware
of what to expect and when.

If this is a foreign concept to some, look at any 'project management'
or 'schedule creation' tools to see what I mean.  It would be nice to
have Gantt charts, but those I think are a bit away for most of us - the
thinking behind deadlines and how to meet them and how to plan for them
and publicize them is what everyone should be shooting for.

  http://impact.usc.edu/cerl/Ganttchart.gif
  http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot/figs21-6/tourbot-gantt.gif

Salam.

 - Nadim



	
		
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