[Building Sakai] QA Volunteers

Mon Apr 2 23:33:02 PDT 2012

Forgot to include the list:

On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 17:06 +0200, david wafula wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> Thanks for the info. Here are the answers:
> 
> 1. Hours:
> =============
> We have three users we are willing to commit to this at alteast two
> hours three days per week. So theoretically this adds up to 2 * 3 * 3 ==
> 18 hrs per week. 
> 
> 2. QA testing experience:
> ==============
> Two of our users are actually our internal testers. Their day to day job
> involves executing test-cases from developers, before we move software
> to 'QA'. The third is a help-content writer for our internal systems.
> 
> 3. Testing documentation
> ========================
> Yes...these users know what it is. But we use our own internal format,
> so i have no idea if it is anything like what is required for Sakai. 
> 
> And so we are keen to on this, partly because we are also quite keen to
> move to 2.9 in production once it is out. 
> 
> Kind regards,
> david wafula.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 10:42 -0400, Rob Egan wrote:
> > Dear David, 
> > 
> > It's great to hear that your office will be able to contribute to our
> > QA efforts. We are currently in need of volunteers to aid in the
> > testing phase of 2.9 as well as documentation. I will help you get
> > started, but first I would like to ask a couple questions so I can get
> > a better understanding of your testing environment. I would like to
> > preface these questions with the explicit understanding that there is
> > no need to have previous experience with QA testing, but the following
> > will help me know how to best direct your efforts. 
> > 
> > How many hours will your team be able to contribute to the QA
> > process? 
> > Have you or anyone on your team worked with Quality Assurance testing
> > before? 
> > Have you or anyone on your team created testing documentation before? 
> > 
> > Thank you again for your interest in participating and I hope to hear
> > from you soon. 
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Rob Egan
> > Support Specialist, Academic Technology & eLearning
> > Marist College
> > Library 305
> > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
> > (845) 575-3590
> > Email: Rob.Egan at marist.edu 
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: david wafula <david.wafula at wits.ac.za>
> > Date: Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:46 AM
> > Subject: [Building Sakai] Sakai CLE 2.9.0 release status
> > To: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> > 
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > The eLearning Unit at University of Witwatersrand is volunteering to
> > contribute towards testing/QA as well as documentation of CLE 2.9.0.
> > 
> > I suppose the starting point is attending  CLE team meetings?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Wafula David ,
> > Head,Technology Innovation and Support,
> > eLearning Support and Innovation Unit,
> > University of Witwatersrand,
> > Johannesburg.
> > 
> > 011-71 77180
> > 0727 763724
> 

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