Cross-Pollination Exercises
Phase 1: Learn about other projects
Step 0: Mix & Partition (10 min)
Break into groups of 4-8 ppl where each group contains at least two different projects.
Step 1: Cross-pollination white boarding (45 min)
Each project explains their project’s design to the others.
Reconvene everyone and give a quick round table where each group says one thing they learned about each project?
Step 2: Contribution process (20 min?)
As a precursor to the next activity, one member of each project briefly outlines the contribution process for her project.
(e.g. Sawtooth: meaningful Chris Beam commit message, …; Fabric: jira, commit with jira ID, …)
Step 3: Mini-bug stomp (2 hrs?)
Each participant has brought a couple bugs or small enhancement areas.
Using the same groups, pair up to submit a PR to each project in that group (e.g. Fabric maintainers submit to Iroha, and Iroha submits a PR to Fabric).
Step 4: Recap (30 min?)
What was good or bad about the other project's PR process?
What process step would be good you take from another project or remove from yours?
Phase 2: Cross-project hacking
Step 0: Grouping
(Keeping in the same groups? Or reshuffle groups?)
Step 1: Cross-project brainstorm (30 min?)
Create a short list (1-3) of bite sized integration projects for tomorrow.
May use some of the ideas already on the wiki agenda brainstorm list.
Step 2: Pitch (60 min?)
Each group pitches their ideas to the whole assembly.
Select activities and form hacking teams.
Step 3: Hack (Half-day / full-day)?
Break after some period and do a direction check.
Step 4: Recap
Capture learnings/outcomes/etc.