I was able to sit down this last weekend and take a look at my business
plans that involve OpenJUMP. (I am slowly putting together a plan for a
company that will promote the use of OpenJUMP in local small businesses that
manage spatial information at some level. This company is called Redefined
Horizons. I've got a small web site for the company online, which you can
see here: http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/)
With some help from my wife Monique I was able to put together a list of
features that I felt were critical for the use of OpenJUMP in the type of
small businesses I will be targeting as potential customers. I also added to
this list some features that I would enjoy working on personally. I
estimated the time it would take to implement these features in OpenJUMP and
I have put together a "development roadmap" that sets tentative dates for
the release of these new features. These are just crude estimates, and
progress could be a lot slower or might even be a little faster. :]
My goal is to complete the implementation of all the "business-critical"
features for OpenJUMP by June 2008. I would make the first OpenJUMP SBE
release at this time and begin actively marketing the program to potential
customers in my area. (SBE = Small Business Edition)
The development road map is based on a 6-month release cycle. I would like
the first-of-the-year release to be an "official" OpenJUMP release, while
the mid-year release would not have to be an official release. the mid-year
release could be released as a version of OpenJUMP or OpenJUMP SBE. I will
be setting aside the months of May and December to work on bug-squishing and
packaging for each release.
I think that this is the closest thing we currently have to a "road map" for
OpenJUMP development. I know this road map won't be shared by other
independent developers or organizations working with OpenJUMP, but it will
at least give other developers and idea of where I would like to be headed
with my programming efforts. I hope this will improve the opportunities for
collaboration. I believe even a fuzzy plan for the future is better than no
plan at all.
At any rate, if you would like to add some features to the development road
map just let me know. I can make the edits for you or can provide the
password needed to edit the wiki yourself.
If there are any questions about the features I've put on the road maps, or
my plans for their integration, please let me know.
The Sunburned Surveyor
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