RE: P&P: RE: Issues Log

["West, Matthew R SITI-ITPSIE" <matthew.west@shell.com>]

Dear Jim,

See comments below.


Matthew West
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jim.s3@juno.com [mailto:jim.s3@juno.com]
> Sent: 21 December 2003 23:47
> To: suo-policies@ieee.org
> Subject: Re: P&P: RE: Issues Log
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > CJA: I am not clear what alternatives you see to some form of issue 
> > log if
> > we are to reach any form of concensus on any of the projects.
> > 
> >
> 
>  Chris,
>         I'm all in favor of issue logs and other forms of management
> tools, but only as needed.  
> 
>         Back when we drafted the PAR, I was getting too many 
> comments to
> informally deal with.  I sifted them into about 15 topics, gave them
> numbers, and it worked fine via the SUO email list.  If I had 
> 150 issues,
> another approach would be needed, and if I had 1500 issues 
> (as we could
> have with an ontology), it would need even more structure.   

MW: Fine, so people raised issues informally and you managed them
informally. The number of issues you have might affect the tools
you use to manage the issues. For myself I would use a word document
or spreadsheet for numbers less than about 50 and a database for
numbers greater than baout 50. I still have an issues log either way.
The policy does not prescribe how an issues list shall be managed.
Only that it shall be publicly available.
> 
>         I feel we don't need written policy to tell editors that
> structure is needed to manage complexity.  

MW: I disagree - obviously. So lets get on with the vote and see
whose opinion has support. I am confident because we already had
a vote on this issue and the result was strongly in favour. This
vote is really about the details not the principle.
> 
>         I don't think any of the current starter documents would be
> helped much with an issues log.  If any of us feel it would 
> help, let's
> spend our energy helping set up such logs.  If it does help, 
> great, we'll
> encourage others to try, but let's not require it with a 
> written policy.

MW: On the contrary, all of the current documents would be helped
with an issues log. I would not consider developing the 4D Ontology
without one. In fact I have been delaying the start of work on that
because I think this is so important.
> 
> Jim
> 
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