Re: Proc&Ops Idea

I'm all in favor of the checklist being a natural part of our
Framework.

I think it'll be worth going thru the checklist with the WG we visit,
or at least pointing them at it for self-evaluation.

> QA Working Group --
> 
> I'd like your thoughts about this idea.
> 
> Borrowing again from WAI, I wrote a transformation to generate a 
> "checklist" from the Process & Operational Guidelines (P&O).  See 
> [1].  This was a quick prototype, so please excuse its plainness (crudeness?).
> 
> Two things occur to me.  Firstly, this ought to be a regular feature of the 
> "XXX Guidelines" parts of Framework.  Secondly, we ought to apply this 
> checklist to the test activities of a few of the WGs.  I think this would 
> have several benefits:
> 
> 1.)  It will help us refine and debug P&O Guidelines (and the other pending 
> guidelines parts as well).
> 
> 2.)  It might facilitate us getting feedback on the various Framework "XXX 
> Guidelines" parts (only P&O for now) from the WGs.
> 
> 3.)  The results of the exercise might actually be useful to the WGs (for 
> us to do the exercise of filling out a checklist).
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> If there is interest in the idea, then we should discuss how to do it and 
> when.  Maybe various QAWG members could each take a WG-TS that they are 
> familiar with (or not), and execute the checklist for that WG?  About 
> timing ... are we too close to Cannes to make significant progress by then 
> (e.g., for feedback to the WGs)?  Would it be better, from an archival and 
> WG/IG discussion perspective, to do the exercise and then communicate with 
> the WG over email?
> 
> -Lofton.
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/QA/WG/2002/framework-20020201/ProcOps-Checklist.html

Received on Friday, 22 February 2002 08:45:56 UTC