[schooltool-dev] Re: [Cando] Resource Scheduling Spec

[Tom Hoffman]

A few thoughts:

* I need an account on the Cando Trac instance so I can comment there.

* We've already got an unfinished resource manager in SchoolTool; it
is particularly important that we leave Dallas with something
"finished" enough for beta testing.  Starting with something
unfinished and ending with something even more complicated but equally
unfinished is just not an option.

* The basic model used in SchoolTool now is sound.  Reservations
should be based on calendar and timetable events.  We just need more
intuitive views for creating the reservations.

* I think for the purpose of the sprint we should focus on a
*reservation* system and not a larger asset management system.  As a
result, we should really only be interested in objects that can be and
primarily are reserved individually.  That is, we are interested in
reserving the laptop cart, not tracking the status or location of the
individual laptops within in (yet).

* Location & resources.  Locations are a special type of resource.
All other resources have a "home" location where they are assumed to
be when they aren't scheduled for a specific event.  Reservation
events may have locations, but they aren't required to.

* Can we say any resource that can't be moved is a location?

* I don't think we should do any containment or nesting.

* DIfferent types of equipment should be handled as simply as
possible.  Essentially like tags, or at most a controlled vocabulary
that can be set ttw.

* The current security/permissions policy for scheduling resources
should be sufficient, or close to it.

* What happens if something is not checked in or out on time?

--Tom

On 2/13/07, David Welsh <rdavidw at gmail.com> wrote:
> David Welsh, Tom Hoffman and Jeff Elkner have all talked over user stories
> for Resource Scheduling.  This conversation began this morning with a review
> of the initial work done by Jason Straw and Alan Elkner.
>
> The resulting document is attached.  It also has been posted to TRAC on this
> page:
> https://svn.schooltool.org/trac/cando/wiki/ResourceImprovementCasesWelsh
>
> The user stories are supported by screen captures of two tools currently in
> use in Arlington Public Schools:  a custom Filemaker Database and Google
> Calendars.  These screenshots may be found on the Career Center CanDo
> website for developers, as follows:
> http://www.careercenter.arlington.k12.va.us/cando/resource_mgmt/resource_mgmt.htm
>
> We should probably get the user stories into Launchpad, something Jeff is
> very motivated to do.  Maybe Jason and I can help him with this.
>
> --Welsh
>
>
> On 2/13/07, Jason Straw <lists at misato.us> wrote:
> >
> > The Draft of the Resource Scheduling Spec is now on the CanDo Wiki
> >
> > I wrote an initial set of ideas, David Welsh wrote a few more, and I
> > just spent 2h21 minutes on the phone with Jeff Elkner's cooler half,
> > Alan Elkner, cleaning them all up.
> >
> >
> https://svn.schooltool.org/trac/cando/wiki/ResourceImprovementSpecification
> >
> > If you have any suggestions either email me or use your cando-auth
> > user/pass to make comments.
> >
> > (Please don't just change the Spec page, please create a discussion page.)
> >
> > Jason
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