[352] in magellan
Athena Desktop Discovery status update
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Thu Dec 16 11:52:22 1999
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:52:14 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199912161652.LAA04943@small-gods.mit.edu>
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
To: magellan@mit.edu
Project Name: Athena Desktop
Project Leader: Greg Hudson
Report Date: December 15, 1999
Project URL: http://web.mit.edu/aui/notebook
Accomplishments past period:
- Met with Susan Jones about user feedback
- Chose (proposed) new desktop components
- Chose transition plan
- Determined software stability requirements
- Determined windowmanager requirements
- Produced list of freshmen with entry-level OLC questions
- Made plan for user feedback during IAP
Goals for coming period:
- No meetings; too close to Christmas
- Produce list of freshmen with unmodified accounts
- Pick candidate times for focus groups, schedule room
- Draft email message to solicit participation
- Work with Susan Jones on focus group format
Issues:
- The focus groups will be a lot of work to justify a
conclusion most team members are already pretty sure of
based on experience on the front line.
Key learnings:
- None
Team dynamics:
- In good shape.
- Greg Hudson is now the sole team leader.
Additional comments:
- None
