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
- Review the blueprints
go to https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/?searchtext=<TRACK>-<NAME>
- track lead and tech lead set priority
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
- Approve blueprints that need to be approved
- Schedule approved blueprints
- click the session name
- select the track and associate
go to http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-m/ and click the day you want to schedule a session
- drag the session from the right to a free slot in the grid of the main view