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** To foster collaboration, all researchers are expected to be present from 10 am through 3 pm four days per week, including the weekly meeting day | ** To foster collaboration, all researchers are expected to be present from 10 am through 3 pm four days per week, including the weekly meeting day | ||
** Otherwise, researchers schedule their own hours | ** Otherwise, researchers schedule their own hours | ||
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== System Backup == | == System Backup == | ||
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* Blogging | * Blogging | ||
** Prepare a short blog post about your work each day. Tag all of these posts for distribution to the internal planet. | ** Prepare a short blog post about your work each day. Tag all of these posts for distribution to the internal planet. | ||
| − | ** Post out to the CDOT public planet and to your community's planet a minimum of | + | ** Post out to the CDOT public planet and to your community's planet a minimum of twice a week |
* Wiki | * Wiki | ||
** Update your project timeline daily | ** Update your project timeline daily | ||
Latest revision as of 11:56, 8 April 2010
This is a draft only!
It is still under construction and content may change. Do not rely on this information.
It is still under construction and content may change. Do not rely on this information.
Contents
Work Environment
Researcher Hours
- Flex hours
- To foster collaboration, all researchers are expected to be present from 10 am through 3 pm four days per week, including the weekly meeting day
- Otherwise, researchers schedule their own hours
System Backup
- Researchers are responsible for backing up their own work
- Data files should be replicated from local workstations to the NAS server and/or checked in to the appropriate repository daily
- Files should be burnt to optical media at the end of each weekday
System Administration
- Each researcher is the primary administrator of the system in their cubicle
- Each researcher has access to the other development systems
- Don't blow up other people's work
- Use the Best Practices for the operating system used on your machine (e.g., use OS-provided packages and directory locations wherever possible)
Communication
- Blogging
- Prepare a short blog post about your work each day. Tag all of these posts for distribution to the internal planet.
- Post out to the CDOT public planet and to your community's planet a minimum of twice a week
- Wiki
- Update your project timeline daily
- Document APIs changes and other development results within the week in which they are made
- IRC
- Researchers should be on IRC while they are working
- Join freenode:#seneca, moznet:#seneca (general Seneca open source discussions), freenode:#seneca-cdot (CDOT employee discussions), and the channels most suited to your project(s)
Meetings
- Weekly Meeting
- Held in the Conference Room (T1012)
- Each researcher is expected to give a brief status update
