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Burnstation Prototype Project Plan

Release 0.2 as of August 30th, 2010

Production of a prototype Burnstation system as specified on the Prototype Design page for the reasons shown at the BurnStation home page.

Sponsor: EngageMedia

Stakeholders:

Users of Plumi systems that want to distribute their content on disks
No specific stakeholders have been identified
Will be tested at testing.plumi.org but will not be trialled on any "Local Archive" systems in Indonesia
Other people (including the Local Archive teams) can trial the prototype once it has been released to the public

Team:

Time:

Must be completed ~~by August 20th~~ as soon as possible (given we've missed the August 20th date)

Scope:

Minimum functional requirements specified in the Prototype Design page must be met
Design document for full production system & project plan showing how it will be developed must be produced

Quality:

As this will be a prototype, it is expected to function correctly (within the limited prototype's scope) but is not expected to handle all unusual situations or use/input beyond basic expectations
The user interface & technical support systems/documentation are not required to be at full production quality levels

People:

Can only work with the team as specified due to knowledge of the Plumi system, availability, etc.

Demonstrate that it is possible to produce a DVD that can be played in any standard DVD player and contains videos from a Plumi system
Determine the effort required to progress from the prototype to a full production quality system

A functioning prototype system that presents the user experience & functionality as specified in the Prototype Design page.

Document that describes how the full production Burnstation system will operate, including user experience & technical design
To be produced by EM staff based on information provided by the Unweb team

Project plan showing groups involved in producing the full production Burnstation system including deliverables, tasks, risks and reporting plan

A series of entries in the Burnstation section of the Plumi Blog that announce the project & then describe the decisions made and lessons learned from the design & implementation of the prototype

~~Confirm prototype design - including resolution of initial issues (Unweb, GM, AL)~~
~~Coding (Unweb)~~
- ~~Modify transcoder~~
- ~~Create new plone modules for "Burn This" control & Start Burn page~~
- ~~Create new burnstation component~~
Initial Testing (Unweb & GM)
- ~~transcoder creates VOBs as required~~
- plone modules can be incorporated into testing,plumi.org
- ISOs can be produced from videos on testing.plumi.org
Demo testing (GM & ???)
- Deploy to final demo system to test installation & operation
Production system design
- Prepare notes on user experience & technical design for full production system (Unweb, GM, AL)
- Document production system design (GM)
- Document production system project plan (GM)

None identified at this stage
Development team have knowledge to build ISO files, modify Plumi components (including transcode daemon) and release new/updated pypi eggs

Plumi 3.1 ~~must~~ should be completed prior to this project being released
Plumi 3.2 cannot start until this project is completed (transcode daemon is common to all Plumi projects)

Emails as required for urgent issues
Weekly updates between Unweb & EM regarding progress, issues and time consumed
Updates & general communication on the plumi-dev email list
Discussions via the Plumi-Dev Skype conference
Utilisation of #plumi IRC channel if people outside EM are involved
Postings on blog.plumi.org about learnings & developments (at least 3 from Unweb team and 2 from PM)