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--- webteam:idea_percolator_options [2011/11/10 13:10] – klussier
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 **a) IdeaTorrent (Amy/Kate)**
-    User submits the idea, also using tag or category to identify cases where the user is willing to contribute funds, but is seeking co-sponsors or is planning to fund it, but is first seeking community feedback.  YES
+    User submits the idea, also using tag or category to identify cases where the user is willing to contribute funds, but is seeking co-sponsors or is planning to fund it,
+    but is first seeking community feedback.  YES
     Once submitted, percolator analyzes keywords to determine if it may be a duplicate. Presents possible duplicates to users.  YES, IDEATORRENT CHECKS FOR DUPLICATES
     Community maintainers and other interested individuals are alerted of the new submission.  YES
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             Yes, adds an explanatory comment with a link to the ongoing project, possibly changing the status of the idea to cancelled.
     Others interested in the enhancement cast a vote for the idea and add comments/use cases for how it might be implemented in their organization.  YES
-    Ideas with the most votes/activity float to the top of the percolator.  YES
+    Ideatorrent has 2 places where 'voting' can happen, one is in the idea sandbox, this is where admins look at ideas suggest by people, if enough admins say yes this is a good idea
+    it gets moved into the 'popular' ideas section.  In the popular ideas section users can vote on 'solutions' or as it is worded in the current version you are poking around
+    in 'use cases'
+    Ideas with the most votes/activity float to the top of the percolator.  YES, it is possible to view ideas in a most votes to least votes view.
     Idea moves forward (or not) in one of the following ways:
-        Developer with similar interest or looking for projects to get started in Evergreen adopts an idea. Changes the status to “under development.” Idea moves into Launchpad as a wishlist item with more technical details about implementation.  YES
+    Developer with similar interest or looking for projects to get started in Evergreen adopts an idea. Changes the status to “under development.” Idea moves into
-        Organization with sufficient funding contracts with developer/vendor to implement. Status is changed to under development.  YES
+    Launchpad as a wishlist item with more technical details about implementation.  YES, When a dev starts working on an idea, they can flag it "in dev" then an admin
-        Organization decides it is willing to contribute funds to the idea, but needs co-sponsors. Changes category or tag to “seeking co-sponsors.”
+     / mod can confirm it is and it moves into 'In Development'  tab.  the getting things into launchpad would need to be worked in or done manually.
-        Idea gets no funding or development support. Sinks to the bottom of the percolator.
+        Organization with sufficient funding contracts with developer/vendor to implement. Status is changed to under development.  YES, same flagging process as above
+        Organization decides it is willing to contribute funds to the idea, but needs co-sponsors. Changes category or tag to “seeking co-sponsors.”
+        YES, This could be done with adding a tag
+        Idea gets no funding or development support. Sinks to the bottom of the percolator.  YES, has the ability to sort via popularity
+        PROS:  Designed for idea submissions along with other user comments, voting to determine idea popularity, some flexibility in adding tags/categories
+        CONS:  Less flexibility in design when compared to home-grown solution (ideas.galecia.com)
 **b) Standalone (or RSCEL-hosted) Drupal app (Jim/Lori)**
+http://ideas.galecia.com/
 **c) Redmine/RT/other open source request app (Jim/Lori)**
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 Step 4. Once submitted, percolator analyzes keywords to determine if it may be a duplicate. Presents possible duplicates to users.  - **Nope**
+Step 5: Community maintainers are alerted of submission. - **I don't see any alert mechanism (e-mail or RSS) for new blueprint submissions.**
 Step 5. Adds an explanatory comment with a link to the ongoing project, possibly changing the status of the idea to cancelled. - **Click Superseded by and then link it to the duplicate project**
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 Step 7. Ideas with most votes/activity float to top of percolator - **Nope!**
-Step 8. Setting statuses - **There are various statuses: implementation status, definition status, and just plain status, that can indicate where the idea is in the development process. However, I don't see any flexibility for adding statuses or categorizations that indicate funding commitment.
+Step 8. Setting statuses - **There are various statuses: implementation status, definition status, and just plain status, that can indicate where the idea is in the development process. However, I don't see any flexibility for adding statuses or categorizations that indicate funding commitment.**
 Pros of Launchpad Blueprints:
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    *For those who are not yet on Launchpad (the non-developer audience that would be posting ideas), a new account is required.
+**f) Launchpad Bugs (Kathy)**
+Step 2. User searches percolator - Yes, basic and advanced searching are available.
+Step 3. User submits the idea, also using tag or category to identify cases where the user is willing to contribute funds, but is seeking co-sponsors or is planning to fund it, but is first seeking community feedback. - **Tags could be utilized to categorize ideas. A standard set of tags would need to be agreed upon by the community. Bugs that are really features requests are usually given an importance of "wishlist." This action can not be done by the submitter, but must be done by someone on one of the developer teams. An "ideas" tag may be a way to distingish which bugs should be given this wishlist status.**
+Step 4. Once submitted, percolator analyzes keywords to determine if it may be a duplicate. Presents possible duplicates to users. - **Launchpad first requests a summary when submitting a bug. After entering the summary, it looks for potential duplicates before the user enters more detailed information.**
+Step 5. Community maintainers are alerted of submission. - **Interested parties can subscribe to all bugs or can subscribe to bugs that use a certain tag.**
+Step 5. Adds an explanatory comment with a link to the ongoing project, possibly changing the status of the idea to cancelled. - **Others can add comments. There is also a link to mark it as a duplicate. Enter the ID for the duplicate bug to create a link between the two.**
+Step 6. Others interested in the enhancement cast a vote for the idea and add comments/use cases - **There is "Does this bug affect you?" that can be linked to show support for a bug.**
+Step 7. Ideas with most votes/activity float to top of percolator - **Launchpad displays a heat rating that is derived from an algorithm based on the number of people who the bug affects, the number of people who subscribe to it, whether it is a security issue, etc. However, if you view bugs by heat, the ideas will be mixed in with other bugs. Using the advanced search, you could search for bugs with a tag of ideas and sort it by heat to see which ideas get the most heat. It would be useful to have a link from the Evergreen web site directly to this search to make it easier for people.**
+Step 8. Setting statuses - **You can change the status to "in progress." Tags would need to be used for ideas seeking co-sponsors.**
+Pros of Launchpad Bugs:
+   *Tightly integrated in the developer community. Many developers will see these ideas as they are submitted.
+   *For those already on Launchpad, no need to create a new account.
+   *Meets most of our requirements.
+Cons of Launchpad Bugs:
+  * Many developers will see these ideas as they are submitted. This may be too much noise. Further discussions with the developer community would be required.
+  * For those who are not yet on Launchpad (the non-developer audience that would be posting ideas), a new account is required.
+  * Some work would be required on the Evergreen wiki to link to canned bug searches to make it more accessible.