The OpenMRS core development team uses the a semi agile sprinting mechanism for getting features written in a coordinated fashion. This allows new features to move forward at a quick pace. It also distributes the knowledge of different features to a wider audience.
Anyone interested in joining a sprint should let either the sprint lead know or just send a general request to be on one to the dev list.
- Sprints are focused on one topic, and are either 1, 2, or 3 weeks long (as appropriate for the topic at hand)
- Each sprint should include 2+ OpenMRS developers. We may occasionally have multiple sprints going simultaneously, as not everyone needs to be assigned to every topic.
- We should always try to decide on a sprint topic 4 weeks before it starts.
- Each sprint should have a release in JIRA. The tickets in the release should be partially organized one week before the sprint. They must be finalized by the day before the sprint.
- The scope and tickets are locked-down once the sprint begins.
- To keep improving, each sprint ends with a retrospective look at what did and did not work with the previous week.
Schedule
2011
May
- 2nd - 16th: a module focused sprint
April
- 25th - May 2nd: a milestone (1.9) feature
- 18th - 25th: Core bug fixes
- 11th - 18th: module focused sprint
March
- 28th - April 11th: a milestone (1.9) feature sprint
- 21st - 28th : Reporting Module tickets. Leads: ~darius, ~mseaton