SA2 conference call

Thursday 30 Sept 2010, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Weekly conference call for EGI-InSPIRE SA2 Call-in details ========= Skype: +9900827048111664 (already includes conference number) Landlines: Austria +43 (0) 82040115470 Belgium +32 (0) 7 0357134 France +33 (0) 826109071 Germany +49 01805009527 Ireland +353 (0) 818270968 Italy +39 848390177 Spain +34 (9) 02885791 Switzerland +41 (0) 8 48560397 United Kingdom +44 (0) 8454018081 Conference/room number: 8111664 Agenda ===== 1. Roll Call 2. Minutes approval - Conference call 23 September 2010: http://bit.ly/bteCL8 3. Action Item review - AI-0001: Enol to put the QC on the Wiki under the page (or a link) starting at Kosta's page [NSRW Wiki page http://bit.ly/d15Zgt] - AI-0002: Michel to put the template on the Wiki - AI-0003: Ales to put the technical info (provided by Milos Liska) on the Wiki page 4, Deliverables and Milestones - MS504: EGI Spftware Repository Architecture - MS505: Template for an SLA with a Technology Provider 4. NSRW - New Software Release Workflow - Assign RT ticket to one person or a group of people? - Report collection and consolidation for QC verification (TSA2.3) - Report collection and consolidation for SR (JRA1) 5. Project Quality and Metrics - Document: https://documents.egi.eu/document/55 (section 7.5) - Expand or comments - Impact on SA2 - Collecting metrics - Regular reporting - Targets per project year 6. SA2 F2F in Brussels, 26 October 2010 - Facilities: http://www.thonhotels.be/brusselscitycentre - Agenda 7. AOB - Integrating other EGI sites in the main EGI website (http://bit.ly/9OxCJL)

Roll Call

• Ales Krenek
• Enol Fernandez
• Kostas Koumantaros
• Michael Gronager
• Michel Drescher

 Apologies:

•  Carlos Fernandez
  

Minutes approval

• Conference call 23 September 2010: approved

Action Item review

• AI-0001: done
• AI-0002: done
• AI-0003: done
• New AI-0004 on all: Read and comment on Carlos' template for QC verification by next week

Deliverables and Milestones

• MS504: EGI Software Repository Architecture
  • New version out incorporating reviewers' comments
  • Expected to be in AMB review by end of week
• MS505: Template for an SLA with a Technology Provider
  • Work in progress.
  • Expected in draft version in DocDB by end of week

NSRW - New Software Release Workflow

• Ales argues the feasibility of integrating with GGUS, at least at this stage
  • Integration with GGUS is not critical
  • Agreement on postponing GGUS integration until the workflow is in place and enacted.
• Michael raises the issue of scope and effectiveness of the QC verification within the workflow.
  • Enol explains the envisioned distinction between Technology Provider test results and QC verification
  • Michael raises the question whether the current scope is little more than rubber stamping tests conducted by technology providers, and whether the scope should be changed towards a true verification including certification
  • The discussion back and forth over the scoping question led to agreement that this is best discussed at the F2F in Brussels
• Ales and Michel raise the issue of applying queue tickets to individuals or to groups of people.
  • Assigning to individuals raises the potential of bottlenecks, but has the benefit of clear chains or responsibility
  • RT provides a feature of "watchers" that are notified upon change of the ticket(s) they watch
    •  This could be used to keep groups of people informed about the ticket progress
  • Assigning a ticket to an individual does not stop other individuals from taking over, or re-assigning the ticket to somebody else (or themselves).
    • Kostas points out that this may be used to our benefit in that workflow dispatchers (i.e. task leaders for the respective phase in the workflow) can solve temporary unavailability in close communication and collaboration with their deputies.
• The group agrees to go ahead and start implementing the workflow as proposed on the Wiki pages circulated

Project Quality and Metrics

• Document: https://documents.egi.eu/document/55
• EGI-InSPIRE is monitored against project metrics and objectives as specified in the referenced document
• SA2 has its own dedicated metrics (chapter 7.5 in said document)
• Metrics are proposed to be collected and statically provided on the www.egi.eu web presence
• AI-0005 on Task Leaders: Review list of metrics:
  • Comment on list of metrics and provide expansion or reduction of list with rationale for each change
  • Present means of collection for each metric

SA2 F2F in Brussels

• Place, date and time are fixed to:
  • Tue 26 October 2010 10 am to 4 pm
  • Brussels, Thon Hotel City Centre
• Agenda is open to all requested topics
  • The meeting was primarily proposed to discuss the results of the first rest run of the workflow using a Nagios release.
  • Any topic may be discussed; indeed this conference call provided some potential agenda items
    

 Any other business

• To integrate your EGI services with the Look&Feel of www.egi.eu, follow the instructions given at http://bit.ly/9OxCJL
  • This is a Heads-Up only, no particular actions etc. are attached to it.
    

New Action Items overview

• AI-0004 on all: Read and comment on Carlos' template for QC verification by next week
• AI-0005 on Task Leaders: Review list of metrics:
  • Comment on list of metrics and provide expansion or reduction of list with rationale for each change
  • Present means of collection for each metric