Welcome to the Appropriate Software Foundation Development Project!

Project Administration

Project administration is currently limited to the  administration of the project members and application services.

Backlog

The backlog of all Foundation issues will be maintained as report:9.

Iteration Plans

We are using  Eternity to support our planning and tracking work.

Annual Review

This is a  new practice for the foundation. We're just starting with setting broad objectives for the next year:

Old Iteration Plans

Before the Eternity system was created, we were recording iteration plans on this wiki.

Software Club

The club host provides, and encourages members to use and invest in, common software system services.

Club Host

Club Members

Formal Memberships

The directors of the company.

  • JohnBywater
  • LeeMomtahan

Informal Memberships

Close collaborators.

  • DavidHeath
  • NickStenning
  • RufusPollock

Services

External Process Development Service

Things we use to support the work of others, things we must test and maintain.

Internal Information System Services

Things we use to support our work, things we must test and maintain.

  • Personal Laptops
  • Personal Desktops
  • Production Servers
  • Data Backup Servers
  • Production AWF Application Service
  • Production KForge Application Service
  • Production Clippings Application Service

Third Party Services

SourceForge.net

 http://sourceforge.net/projects/asf/

Via.net

 http://www.via3.net/pooled/articles/BF_DOCART/view.asp?Q=BF_DOCART_102450

AboutUs.net

 http://www.aboutus.org/AppropriateSoftware.net

Idealist.org

 http://www.idealist.org/en/org/45103-102

Wikipedia.org

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiology_Information_System (ScanBooker)

Development

Development tackles the user stories that result from requirements management, and releases updates for usage within the services.

Internal Process Supports

Things we develop, to support our work.

Club

To enable stakeholder investments in shared services.

 http://project.kforge.appropriatesoftware.net/club/trac

Provide

To support deploying application services and migrating production data.

 http://project.kforge.appropriatesoftware.net/provide/trac

Develop

To support development of software systems which support working process.

 http://project.kforge.appropriatesoftware.net/develop/trac

Desire

To record and present working processes as events with responses.

 http://project.kforge.appropriatesoftware.net/desire/trac

External Process Supports

Things we develop, to support the work of others.

Domainmodel

To support enterprise application frameworks:

 http://project.knowledgeforge.net/domainmodel/trac

KForge

To support open knowledge projects:

 http://project.knowledgeforge.net/kforge/trac

Scan Booker

To administer a brain scanning facility.

 http://project.kforge.appropriatesoftware.net/scanbooker/trac

Soil Gateway

To monitor a network of sensors.

 http://project.kforge.appropriatesoftware.net/soil/trac

News Clippings

To monitor online media.

 http://project.kforge.appropriatesoftware.net/clippings/trac

Appropriate Website Factory

To create and maintain websites.

Requirements Management

The RequirementsSpecification describes the work supported by the Foundation.

Foundation Working Processes

Work we do, work we need to support.

Core Activity

  • Outreach Work
  • Club Formation
  • Service Provision
  • Software Development
  • Process Analysis

Overhead Activity

  • Governance
  • Accounting
  • Payroll
  • Website

External Activity

  • Content Management
  • Media Monitoring
  • Open Knowledge Foundation
  • Environmental Structures Research Group
  • Health - Research
  • Bricolabs
  • others

Future Possibilities

  • Health - Clinical
  • Government - National
  • Government - Local
  • Financial - Services
  • Financial - Accounting
  • Education
  • Transport
  • Legal
  • Knowledge Economy
  • Media Standards

See Also