UDSPlanning

These notes were taken in the process of learning about track lead planning for both the Ubuntu on ARM and Foundations tracks, for UDS-M in Brussels. Special thanks to Jono Bacon, Pete Graner, and Rick Spencer.

Timeline

  • T-70 days: community sponsorship submissions opens
  • T-45 days: community sponsorship deadline
  • T-40 days: UDS T-shirt design deadline
  • T-28 days: manager scheduling kick-off
  • T-26 days: developers/engineers/session leads brainstorm and generate a list of sessions they would like to see at UDS
  • T-20 days: for each idea, register a blueprint in Launchpad
  • T-17 days: review blueprints
  • T-10 days: Each technical lead/session lead should have a set of blueprints assigned to themselves for the sessions they will be leading
  • T-3 days: Schedule complete - note that often the schedule requires updates and changes, sometimes even during UDS itself
  • T-0 days: UDS Starts

Details

T-20 Days

  • Register blueprints:
    • https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/<NAME>/+addspec

    • use the agreed naming convention (e.g., foundations-<LETTER> or foundations-<NAME>)

    • write a title, summary optional
    • set yourself as the developer and the track lead as the approver
    • choose "Propose for Sprint" and select the appropriate sprint

T-17 Days

T-10 Days

  • Blueprint summaries need to be completed
  • Stub-out and link full specs (wiki.ubuntu.com)
  • Make sure the people you want/need in your sessions are subscribed in the sessions blueprints

T-3 Days

Oubiwann/UDSPlanning (last edited 2010-05-24 23:08:35 by c-71-56-223-2)