[ubuntu-art] Schedule-thought

[Frank Schoep]

On Monday 26 June 2006 23:29, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Niklas Weidel wrote:
> > Just a small thought for the edgy-schedule; the headings could be a
> > bit more obvious, for example there's "Ponder" two time in a row. It's
> > not very obvious, at least to me, that the second of these is meant to
> > represent the end of that activity. It would be wiser to label them
> > "Ponder start" and "Ponder end" to make it crystal clear. To me, it
> > looks like two dates that are designated to Ponder, and not a period
> > between them. :)

If this is not totally clear, as it seems, I'll come up with a way to better 
represent the fact that we have each phase spanning across weeks. Thanks for 
pointing this out.

> Also, we discussed that we should have specific deadlines for:
>
>  - usplash, login and login splash
>  - desktop wallpaper
>  - major icons (design)
>  - minor icons (design)
>  - major icons (all sizes)
>
> AIC's, please could you work those into the proposed schedule?

I'm not sure if I was deeply involved in this discussion. The current process 
and proposed schedule are based on the fact that we will consecutively set 
out general guidelines (Target Identification and Ponder), then create 
sketches and share ideas for every target (Propose) and then Produce and 
Polish all results.

This implies that all targets are in production-finished state at the same 
time and that also goes for the final, polished versions of each target. The 
idea behind this is that it will improve the quality and consistency amongst 
art assets by sharing experiences and ideas.

If this leads to major problems, I will adjust the process and schedule 
accordingly, because it's better to get this corrected before we really get 
started.

I'm going to get some sleep right now, which unfortunately means I won't be 
able to send the "Target Identification" and "Ponder" e-mails tonight 
anymore, but I'll do that first thing in the morning.

With kind regards,

Frank Schoep