Converted LifeOfaGhopTask.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +_This may be way off the mark, it's just a starting point._ + + + 1. Mentor **writes 'Awesome Task'**. In the 2008 GHOP organizations wrote their tasks on a wiki first, because once in the tracker the task could not be edited. We'll be writing tasks in Melange. + 1. Admin Adam notices that there are more than 102 tasks, and **deletes** some. However 'Awesome Task' survives. + +... wait some time ... GHOP announced ... site goes live ... + + 1. Student Anna marks the task as **'requested'** and starts work on it (even though it hasn't been confirmed that it is claimed) + 1. Student Zing **tries to claim** the task too, but he got there too late. :-( + 1. Mentor Michael marks 'Awesome Task' as **claimed** by Anna. + 1. Anna posts some **work in progress**. + 1. Michael gives some **feedback** by e-mail - the task is harder than Anna had thought. + 1. Anna notices that a task involving translating the Awesome Code manual into Inuit has just come free, and decides she'd really rather work on that. She marks the task as **open** again. + 1. 3 minutes later Zing **requests** the task and starts working on it. He looks at what Anna has done previously and Micheals comments. He's off to a good start. + 1. Michael marks the task as **claimed** by Zing and sends him some e-mail with some more advice about how to tackle it. + 1. Admin Adam **notices** that "Awesome Task" was abandoned, and has a gTalk chat with Michael about it. Sounds like the students are doing fine. No problem. + 1. Michael sends an e-mail reminder to Zing, there's only 12hrs to go for this task and Michael's had no contact from him. Is everything OK? He also gives Zing the e-mail of a mentor who is in Zing's **time zone**. + 1. Zing says he had some trouble compiling the WOMBAT driver, but has that part done now, and asks for a 24 hour **extension** to complete the task. Michael says 'fine, no problem'. + 1. With 12 minutes to spare Zing **submits** his completed work on "Awesome Task" to Melange. + 1. Michael has a gTalk discussion about Zing's work with Adam. Awesome Task was a lot harder task than intended, and Zing has only just about done it. They decide to count it as **done**. + +# Notes + + * Zing cannot claim a new task until the task he has 'completed' is reviewed. + +# Questions + +Add questions about the life of "Awesome Task" here. + +**Q:** Are there tasks such as 'Do a presentation on Drupal at Your School' for which it makes sense to allow multiple people to do them? + +**A:** + +# Other Discussions
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@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -#summary Life of a GHOP Task -#labels Importance-Details,Phase-Design,Contents-Draft - - -_This may be way off the mark, it's just a starting point._ - - - # Mentor *writes 'Awesome Task'*. In the 2008 GHOP organizations wrote their tasks on a wiki first, because once in the tracker the task could not be edited. We'll be writing tasks in Melange. - # Admin Adam notices that there are more than 102 tasks, and *deletes* some. However 'Awesome Task' survives. - -... wait some time ... GHOP announced ... site goes live ... - - # Student Anna marks the task as *'requested'* and starts work on it (even though it hasn't been confirmed that it is claimed) - # Student Zing *tries to claim* the task too, but he got there too late. :-( - # Mentor Michael marks 'Awesome Task' as *claimed* by Anna. - # Anna posts some *work in progress*. - # Michael gives some *feedback* by e-mail - the task is harder than Anna had thought. - # Anna notices that a task involving translating the Awesome Code manual into Inuit has just come free, and decides she'd really rather work on that. She marks the task as *open* again. - # 3 minutes later Zing *requests* the task and starts working on it. He looks at what Anna has done previously and Micheals comments. He's off to a good start. - # Michael marks the task as *claimed* by Zing and sends him some e-mail with some more advice about how to tackle it. - # Admin Adam *notices* that "Awesome Task" was abandoned, and has a gTalk chat with Michael about it. Sounds like the students are doing fine. No problem. - # Michael sends an e-mail reminder to Zing, there's only 12hrs to go for this task and Michael's had no contact from him. Is everything OK? He also gives Zing the e-mail of a mentor who is in Zing's *time zone*. - # Zing says he had some trouble compiling the WOMBAT driver, but has that part done now, and asks for a 24 hour *extension* to complete the task. Michael says 'fine, no problem'. - # With 12 minutes to spare Zing *submits* his completed work on "Awesome Task" to Melange. - # Michael has a gTalk discussion about Zing's work with Adam. Awesome Task was a lot harder task than intended, and Zing has only just about done it. They decide to count it as *done*. - -=Notes= - - * Zing cannot claim a new task until the task he has 'completed' is reviewed. - -=Questions= - -Add questions about the life of "Awesome Task" here. - -*Q:* Are there tasks such as 'Do a presentation on Drupal at Your School' for which it makes sense to allow multiple people to do them? - -*A:* - -=Other Discussions= -