Project Plan - Bevel Documentation redesign

Abstract

A documentation serves best when understood and designed based on user needs. Although Hyperledger Bevel current documentation is comprehensive and robust, it still requires improvement and can be much more effective and usefulĀ if designed based on user and community needs. The project scopes to structure the existing documentation of Hyperledger Bevel and redesign it from the perspective of user personas and their deployment needs. It would equally benefit product users and developers, and increase usability and adoption.Ā 

Mentors

NameTime zoneDiscord IDEmail ID
Sownak RoyUKsownaksownak.roy@accenture.com
Suvajit SarkarISTssark#4224suvajit.sarkar@accenture.com
Jagpreet Singh SasanISTaxetacularjagpreet.singh.sasan@accenture.com

Mentee

NameTime zoneDiscord IDEmail ID
Mushir LokhandwalaISTshinchan#7232mushirlokhandwala9@gmail.com

Communication channel:Ā  Discord+ Github

Project repo: https://github.com/hyperledger/bevel

Deliverables

  • The newly created docs to be hosted on ReadTheDocs
  • All images hosted on the agreed platform and images exported to the docs
  • All PR review comments to be incorporated

Merged PR's

  • TBD

Final Project Presentation:

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Milestones

Eval 1:

  • The base structure of new theme based docs to be created and shown on ReadTheDocs

Eval 2:

  • TBD

Eval 3:

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Eval 4:

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Timeline

DatesTasks/PlanStatus
Jun 12 - Jun 26Mentee intro with the mentor.Done
Jun 27 - Jul 10Understanding the current state of documentation and ReadTheDocs configuration/hostingDone
Aug 17 - Aug 24Setup initial base structure on ReadTheDocs using the Sphinx Material Theme, light/dark theme suppport and required code preview & chart pluginsDone

Aug 25 - Sept 04
(Aug 31 eval)

Drafting the documentation contents of each top level documentation modules (Get Started, How to... etc)Done
Sept 5 - Sep 14Complete Get Started section and host it on ReadTheDocs (same for other sections in subsequent bi-weekly tasks)Ongoing
Sep 15 - Sep 21Complete How to section and hostOngoing
Sep 22 - Sep 28Complete Concepts section and hostOngoing
Sep 29 - Oct 5Complete Tutorials section and hostĀ Ongoing

Oct 6 - Oct 16

Complete Reference section and hostOngoing

Oct 17 - Oct 30 (Oct 20 eval)

Complete Contribution section and hostOngoing
Oct 31 - Nov 6Create PR and incorporate review comments - Phase 1
Nov 7 - Nov 30 (Nov 30 eval)Create PR and incorporate review comments - Phase 2

Methodology

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