Clint Byrum wrote: > [...] > That particular example board was built from tasks semi-automatically, > using a tag, by this script running on a cron job somewhere: > > https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-infra/zuul/tree/tools/update-storyboard.py?h=feature/zuulv3 > > We did this so that we could have a rule "any task that is open with > the zuulv3 tag must be on this board". Jim very astutely noticed that > I was not very good at being a robot that did this and thus created the > script to ease me into retirement from zuul project management. > > The script adds new things in New, and moves tasks automatically to > In Progress, and then removes them when they are completed. We would > periodically groom the "New" items into an appropriate lane with the hopes > of building what you might call a rolling-sprint in Todo, and calling > out blocked tasks in a regular meeting. Stories were added manually as > a way to say "look in here and add tasks", and manually removed when > the larger effort of the story was considered done. > > I rather like the semi-automatic nature of it, and would definitely > suggest that something like this be included in Storyboard if other > groups find the board building script useful. This made a cross-project > effort between Nodepool and Zuul go more smoothly as we had some more > casual contributors to both, and some more full-time.
That's a great example that illustrates StoryBoard design: rather than do too much upfront feature design, focus on primitives and expose them fully through a strong API, then let real-world usage dictate patterns that might result in future features. The downside of this approach is of course getting enough usage on a product that appears a bit "raw" in terms of features. But I think we are closing on getting that critical mass :) -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
