Jožef StefanInstitute
Developing a Control System from a Divan Bed
PCaPAC 2002, Frascati October 2002
Grega Milcinski ([email protected])M. Centrih, J. Dovc, M. Plesko, G. TkacikJ. Stefan Institute and Cosylab Limited
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Agenda
• working at home is effective
• project management tools
• sample project flow
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Office vs. home
reappearing questions
coffee-breaks
fixed workday Can’t you feel the
reason?
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E-Mails
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Request Tracker
User
SQL
Web page
Perl
Apache
User
Projectmanager
Watchers
Others
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CVS• Sources
• Manuals (in XML)
• Resources
eManagement Cycle
CS User
Project definition
Internal Pages•open project
•select project manager
•select project members
Request Tracker•To-Do
•Activity list
•Bugs
Actual work•Code
•XML Docs
Testing
Bug report
Scripts
Project Web•Sources
•Manuals
•…
ANT
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All Data in MySQL
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Best of Breed Tools
• all open source !– Apache Web server, PHP scripts– sympa mailing lists:
• list@<project>.cosylab.com
– eclipse: Java IDE with integrated CVS support– RT: to-do tickets and support/bug tracking
• Web interface or bug@<project>.cosylab.com
– ant: makefile in Java & XML (nightly build)– XML source –(XSL)–> html
• CosyXML: no more MS-Word?• generated project pages
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XML Documentation
Source Result
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En
ter
New
Tic
ket
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Internal Project Pages
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RT Analyzer
• ticket creation
• advanced searches
• activity log
• advanced to-do lists
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Customer Area Web Pages
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Conclusion
• every action is recorded
• well structured
• easy accessible
• side effects
