Mission

Develop a web-based software system for rich media, communication and automation which anyone can host in their own home. The system should follow emerging web standards and provide a simple and enjoyable user experience.

Opportunities

Enable people to manage their own household information and aggregate information from the Internet using a system which is fully under their own control, can be accessed remotely over the Internet, is enjoyable to use and is a flagship for open web standards.

Areas of collaboration

• Use cases/User stories
• User interface
• Architecture
• Data model
• Business logic
• Tests
• Documentation

Skills Required

• Interaction & graphical design
• Software architecture design
• Programming in Python, ECMAScript (and C?)
• Web development in HTML, CSS SVG, X3D etc.
• Unit testing, integration testing & acceptance testing
• Bug reporting and debugging
• Technical writing
• Translating
• Advocacy

Inception Phase

The following is based on the ​Agile Unified Process and is a plan for the first phase of the project, the inception phase.

Model

Initial Requirements Modelling

• Use Model - use cases or user stories
• Domain Model - simple class diagram
• UI Model - Essential UI prototype/screen sketches/UI flow diagram

Initial Architecture Modelling

• Free-form diagrams
• Domain models
• Change cases (change case, likelihood, impact

Implementation

• Technical prototyping
• User interface prototyping

Test

• Initial test planning
• Review initial project management work products
• Review initial models

Deployment

• Identify the potential release window
• Begin high-level deployment planning

Configuration management

• Setup the configuration environment
• Put all work products under CM control

Project management

• Start building the team
• Build relationships with project stakeholders
• Determine project feasibility
• Develop a high-level schedule for the entire project
• Develop a detailed iteration plan for the upcoming iteration
• Manage risk - define risks and plan for dealing with them
• Obtain stakeholder support and funding
• Close out the phase

Environment

• Set up the working environment
• Identify the project category

At end of inception phase, have a milestone review to determine whether the "Lifecycle Obectives" milestone has been met:

• Scope concurrence = stakeholders reach agreement on scope of project
• Intial requirements definition - an agreement that the right set of requirements have been captured and that they are understood
• Plan concurrence - stakeholders agree with initial cost and schedule estimates
• Risk acceptance - Risks have been identified, assessed and acceptable strategies to address them have been identified
• Process acceptance - Process has been agreed by all parties
• Feasibility - project makes sense from business, technical and operational perspectives
• Project plan - adequate plans are in pkace for the next phase (Elaboration)
• Portfolio compliance - does the scope fit will into organisation's overall project portfolio?