[Oslc-steeringcommittee] SCM WG rechartering proposal for meeting

[Ersch, Rainer]

one more thought regarding rename SCM vs. create new CM WG. As far as I understood Nicks charter for CM, the main focus (at least for a first iteration of a CM spec) would cover configuration management aspects of many (if not all) resources types (RM, QM, etc. as much as source types - see also: OSLC-Core discussion thread).
Would this not speak for an SCM independent CM WG? Or ... we even push the overall CM aspect to the Core-WG, which was pretty much the idea of the PLM-WG by proposing the Core extensions.  Now we have three options - grrr.

I feel pretty bad having raised this discussion so late in the Steering Committee Meeting. I don't think we are handling this right with two parallel discussions in the StC and CM/Core WG.  I guess we still need some practicing to figure out where one responsibility ends and the other starts :(.  In addition, I have to learn to wear my different hats in a more coordinated way - sorry for that :( :(.

I propose to setup call with all interested parties (core WG+x) to come up with a common proposal. Steve, can you help to coordinate a date, if we agree on this proposal?

Bye and have a nice day
Rainer






From: oslc-steeringcommittee-bounces at open-services.net [mailto:oslc-steeringcommittee-bounces at open-services.net] On Behalf Of John Wiegand
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 6:04 PM
To: oslc-steeringcommittee at open-services.net
Subject: Re: [Oslc-steeringcommittee] SCM WG rechartering proposal for meeting

>From our July 19, 2012 meeting [5], we discussed the proposed SCM rechartering and took the action to present the Steering Committee with a set of options on how to realize the change.

As discussed in the meeting, we are all in support of a ConfigMgmt workgroup that addresses the technical issues outlined in the draft charter.  The homework is to determine how best to handle the logistics for the existing SCM workgroup.  Following are the two options we discussed, with an initial assessment of the characteristics of each:

1. Broaden the scope of the existing SCM WG and rename it
This implies that there will be no separate SCM WG (and therefore no separate SCM WG page).  What exists today as the SCM WG, will be broadened into the ConfigMgmt WG. This option transitions the SCM WG into a new active workgroup, so there is no left-over "dead" SCM WG. If interest in SCM surfaces in the future, a focus area in the ConfigMgmt WG could be created.  If there is extensive interest (something that we have not seen so far), a new SCM WG could be created.

2. Create a new ConfigMgmt WG, archive the SCM WG
The existing SCM WG will not show up in the list of workgroups.  There will be a separate part of the web site to find archived workgroups. We could remove the content entirely from the web (and provide a zip archive) or leave in a quiescent state (with the only link being from the archive summary page).

The ConfigMgmt charter matches the original SCM goals, providing clarification (and, of course, changes the name).  Therefore, I have a slight preference for option #1.

Please reply with further questions or your input.

Appreciate your timely response on this.

Regards,

John Wiegand
IBM Distinguished Engineer
Rational Chief Architect
OSLC Steering Committee Chair

[5] - http://open-services.net/wiki/120719-StC-Meeting/#minutes



From:        Steve K Speicher/Raleigh/IBM at IBMUS
To:        oslc-steeringcommittee at open-services.net,
Date:        07/18/2012 09:56 AM
Subject:        [Oslc-steeringcommittee] SCM WG rechartering proposal for meeting
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The OSLC Core WG [1] supports the proposed rechartering of the "Software
Configuration Management" WG [2] to be "Configuration Management" WG as
defined at [3].
See recent email [4] from Nick Crossley the current SCM WG lead and
proposed "Configuration Management" WG lead summarizing this.

See also in Nick's email the discussion around the proposed naming of the
WG.

I will be on the StC call to cover this topic if there are any questions.

[1]:
http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcCoreMeetings20120711#Minutes
[2]: http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/ScmHome
[3]: http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/ConfigurationManagement
[4]:
http://open-services.net/pipermail/oslc-core_open-services.net/2012-July/001418.html

Thanks,
Steve Speicher | IBM Rational Software | (919) 254-0645


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