[Building Sakai] Sakai Development Process

[John A. Lewis]

Some thought has definitely gone into the Jasig incubation process on
handling multiple projects with different stakeholders. The main goal of
the process has been to bring some new projects into Jasig and really
expand the portfolio of project there in parallel with uPortal and CAS.
I think a shared process and mutual support resources are a great idea!

Susan Bramhall at Yale has been the main force behind the Jasig
Incubation Process, along with a whole Incubation Working Group formed
in Jasig. I'm intentionally cross-posting this to the Jasig Incubation
mailing list in the hope that this might engender some collaboration on
this process across the two communities.



John Norman wrote:
> I noticed this when I looked at the new Jasig site last week. I agree
> and would go further. I see value in exploring whether we can create a
> shared process and support resources. The key challenge (which lies
> within both communities and is not a difference between Jasig and
> Sakai) is to handle multiple projects, each with different
> stake-holder groups.
>
> John
>
> On 18 Mar 2009, at 00:53, John A. Lewis wrote:
>
>> I'm still consuming the details, but at a high-level this does seem
>> to attack some of the sustainability concerns that are always present
>> with community source projects -- for that reason, I think this is
>> progress in the right direction.
>>
>> I also think this new process has some interesting similarities to
>> the Incubation Process (http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/INCU) and
>> the Steering Committees that Jasig has put in place over the past
>> year. I think it would be useful to compare the two models, see where
>> the similarities and differences are, and see if both can be improved
>> through this review. It would also be nice to to align the two models
>> as much as is reasonable so that we can continue to keep close
>> relationships between the projects and communities.
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Korcuska wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The Sakai Foundation and board of directors would like your feedback
>>> and input on a proposed new development process for the Sakai
>>> community. As you may know, the Sakai Board of Directors recently
>>> conducted a 2-day retreat focusing on the strategic direction for the
>>> Sakai Foundation, especially with regard to how it should use its
>>> resources to support the Sakai community development process. Over the
>>> last few weeks, we have been working on recommendations for changing
>>> the development process.
>>>
>>> The attached white paper documents these recommendations. The Sakai
>>> Foundation will be working to enact this process and we are eager for
>>> your feedback and suggestions for improving the general framework
>>> we've outlined. So please feel free to send your feedback to the lists
>>> or directly to me.
>>>
>>> I will also be scheduling a few webinars in the coming weeks to
>>> present the development model and to allow for real-time discussion.
>>>
>>> We look forward to hearing from you.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Michael