Sprints

Next Sprint

Sprint Planning / Details

See DSpace 7 Community Sprint 4 for details about Sprint tasks/goals.

Participants

Signups are now open! Please add your name below if you wish to participate in this two-week sprint.  

Participant Signups

If you are only available on certain days/times during the sprint weeks, please feel free to note your availability below.  Also, please note if you prefer to work on the DSpace 7 REST API (Java), User Interface (Angular), or both.

• [Add your name, institution. Please include your estimated availability during the sprint (e.g. as a percentage) and/or list any days during sprint you are unavailable.  Also let us know if you prefer to work on the REST API or Angular UI, or both.]

Expectations from Participants 

• We have no requirements for your availability during sprint weeks. However, we do ask that you attempt to clear your schedule enough to work on (ideally a few) tickets/tasks during the sprint. At the beginning of the sprint, we'll ask you for your estimated availability (e.g. 20% time or 1 day each week, 40% time or 2 days each week, etc), and work to steer you toward tickets achievable within your available time. You may also specify your exact availability in the signup form below.
• You will be expected to manage your own work schedule, attend minimal meetings & report your ongoing progress (as described in the below DSpace 7 Community Sprints#Sprint Schedule).
• You will be expected to have some existing knowledge of DSpace concepts (on v6 or below) and a willingness to be proactive in learning any new DSpace 7 concepts (see DSpace 7 Community Sprints#Resources below), such as Angular and/or REST API. While you are more than welcome to use this Sprint as a learning experience, we will not have any formalized training/workshops during the Sprint week itself. That said, video/materials from last year's DSpace Angular workshop is available in the DSpace 7 Community Sprints#Resources below.
• You will be expected to be proactive in asking for help or asking questions if you get stuck  (see also DSpace 7 Community Sprints#Support Options below). Ongoing support will be available on Slack from Sprint Coaches (see below) and other participants. We also have a Zoom video conferencing room (DSpace Meeting Room) available for "face to face" discussions, screen sharing and/or pair programming.

Sprint Coaches

Coaches should be available during both sprint weeks for help getting up to speed / answering questions / debugging issues / pair programming requests, etc.  If you are unavailable on specific days during the sprint, please note those days below.

• (coming soon)

Sprint #3 (Oct 1-12, 2018)

Sprint Summary

See DSpace 7 Community Sprint 3 for details about Sprint #3 summary.

Sprint #2 (July 9-20, 2018)

Sprint Summary

See DSpace 7 Community Sprint 2 for details about Sprint #2 summary.

Sprint #1 (May 7-18, 2018)

Sprint Summary

See DSpace 7 Community Sprint 1 for details about Sprint #1 summary.

Resources

• DSpace Release 7.0 Status : Has a high level overview of DSpace 7 work, frequently asked questions, etc.
• DSpace 7 Angular UI
  • Codebase (master branch): https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular (See README for details)
  • Demo site: https://dspace7-demo.atmire.com/
• DSpace 7 REST API
  • Codebase (master branch): https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace (See README for more details)
  • Demo site: https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/
  • REST Contract: https://github.com/DSpace/Rest7Contract
• DSpace 7 Learning Resources
  • Angular UI learning resources
    
    • DSpace 7 - Angular UI Development : Getting started with DSpace 7 UI (aka dspace-angular) and how to contribute
    • DSpace 7 UI Technology Stack : Overview of technologies we are using, and links to third party resources
    • OR2018 DSpace Angular Workshop : Angular UI Training workshop from OR2018 conference in Bozeman, Montana, USA.
      
      • Workshop slides, including exercises: https://tinyurl.com/or2018-dspace-ui
    • OR2017 DSpace Angular Workshop : Angular UI Training Workshop resources (slides and hands-on activities) from the OR2017 conference in Brisbane, Australia.
      • The beginning of this workshop was also presented as a tutorial at the 2017 North American User Group meeting (at Georgetown University). Video of that tutorial is available at http://youtube.com/watch?v=c4AJ8HeZzcw
  • REST API learning resources
    • DSpace 7 REST API - References resources / wiki pages that describe the new REST API.
    • OR2018 DSpace 7 REST API Workshop
      • Exercises & online tutorial: https://dspace-labs.github.io/DSpace7RestTutorial/
      • Workshop Slides: https://tinyurl.com/or2018-dspace-rest
• Contributing Code to DSpace
  • Code Style Guide (for Java / REST API)
    • For Angular UI we follow the official Angular.io Style Guide
  • Code Contribution Guidelines (currently more specific to Java / REST API)

Sprint Schedule

• Weekly Kickoff Meeting (each Monday)
  • Sprint Participants (or a representative from your organization) should attend the Sprint Week Kickoff Meeting in DSpace Meeting Room.
    • Anyone unable to attend must touch base with the Sprint Coordinator (Tim Donohue) via another means (Slack, DSpace Meeting Room, email, etc) for any necessary information.
  • The goal of the Kickoff meeting is to:
    • Touch base & finalize plans / goals for the Sprint week (i.e. ensure everyone is on the same page)
    • Ensure all participants have assigned tasks, and any necessary support/resources to begin their work
    • As necessary, go through expectations / protocols of the Sprint (e.g. Contributing code via PRs, Where to ask for help/support, Meeting schedule for week, etc)
    • Address or discuss any questions that sprint participants may have
• Daily Standups via Slack: On each day of the sprint (Tues-Fri), prior to 15:00 UTC (11:00 am EDT), each participant should report their status update in the Slack #dev-sprint channel.  This will act as our daily "standup" meeting.

  • Template (feel free to copy and paste into Slack and fill in the details)

    Standup Template

    [DSpace 7 Sprint]
    Tasks completed: 
      * List ticket titles / links that you completed (since your last update)
      * Please include brief textual description
    Working on:
      * List ticket titles / links that you plan to work on next (or continue work on)
      * Please include brief textual description
    Blockers:
      * Is there anything blocking your progress today? Give a brief textual description

• Sprint Wrap-up Meeting (Last Thursday or Friday, depending on the Sprint)
  • This meeting is an opportunity for Sprint participants & coaches to talk about the final results of the Sprint, and provide feedback on how to improve future sprints
    • How did the Sprint go for everyone? Any pluses (pros), minuses (cons) or deltas (areas of improvement) you'd like to express to Sprint Coordinator?
    • Are there any sprint tasks that are still "in progress" or unfinished?  How can those be either continued or handed off to someone else?
• Additional meetings may be scheduled as necessary

Support Options

• Sprint coaches are available for support. Keep in mind however that sprint coaches may be in a different timezone from you. Therefore we have a few guidelines to keep in mind:
  • Please ask your questions publicly on Slack. You may mention specific individuals by name to alert them to your message. 
  • Please avoid private, one-on-one messaging (unless you are actively pair-programming on a task). That way other sprint coaches/participants may also provide support and/or learn from your questions.
• Requests for help / questions should be asked on Slack. Please use the #dev-sprint channel.
• The DSpace Meeting Room may also be used to do pair programming / screen sharing / ad hoc meetings / support. Keep in mind we only have the one room, so be sure to share it with others if they need it.