[epf-dev] Contributions requested for next EPF release (scheduled for Ju

[Bruce Macisaac <bmacisaa@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear EPF community,

I am sending this email to encourage
you to contribute to the next EPF release.  There are many areas where
you can contribute,
so in order to help you think about
this, I have suggested some ideas below:

1. EPF Composer Features

If you are an eclipse developer and
would like to contribute some code improvements to RMC, here is one idea:

 Rich text editor improvements.
 The current rich text editor is fairly basic.  Some improvements
could be:  
- improved table handling (add/delete
rows/columns/cells, merge cells, change borders)
- color font...some others are: 1) Improved
list handling (bullet/numbered list, hierarchy), 2) better image handling
(scaling to preserve aspect ratio)

2. Examples

a. Configurations and plug-ins - Examples
of configurations and plug-ins built using EPF composer would be very welcome
as contributions.
Extensions to the practices library
would be great to see.

b. BIRT reporting.
If IBM included the BIRT reporting feature
(currently only in RMC), are there volunteers who would be willing to build
examples?

c. Clever uses/extensions of EPF
- For example, embedding of google gadgets
onto EPF composer pages to include RSS Feeds or calendars into published
configurations.

3. Testing

a. Volunteers to test hosting of published
websites from EPF Composer on different webservers.

4. Content

Any and all content contributions are
welcome.
Some ideas that may interest contributors:
- governance processes - how to manage
multiple projects
- operations - practices for ongoing
operation of software systems
- product management
- enterprise architecture
- kanban
- vendor management
- practices to flesh out CMMi, ITIL,
PMBOK, SPICE, PRINCE, or other standards coverage ...

5. Experience stories

It would be great to post experience
reports using EPF composer and the Practices library.
How are you using it?  What benefits
resulted?

6. Enablement

Learning to use EPF composer, and authoring/extending
practices can be challenging.
Some ideas:
- the EPF course could be expanded on
- could create a set of community webpages
like this one for RMC, but instead dedicated to EPF and hosted on Eclipse
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=ab3ac471-d004-4886-970e-2e897a7f21fb

7. Other ideas

If you have other ideas for how you
can contribute, please let us know and let's discuss!
The planning meeting will be this Thurs
Feb 16 at 8am PST.

For phone and web conference details, please access the
EPF Calendar: 
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src="">

If you can't attend, feel free to discuss
via email.


Bruce MacIsaac
EPF Project Co-lead
408-250-3037 (cell)