JIRA Agile Usage¶
Refer to DMTN-020 for detailed information on the JIRA-based planning process used by DM.
Key Concepts¶
- Cycles (aka Releases) occur every 6 months.
- Sprints are monthly, fixed timeframes.
- Epics are higher-level features or capabilities that are to be delivered in a cycle. Epic names should be of the form “Area Short Description” (e.g. Database qserv refactor)
- Stories describe concrete, demonstrable features to be delivered in a single sprint.
- Story points are to be assigned at 2 story points per full-time day of an appropriate developer.
- Stories and story points should not be changed once work on a story has started.
Teams¶
The JIRA “team” field is used to define financial and managerial responsibility for getting the work done. We recognize the following teams:
| Team Name | Responsible Manager |
|---|---|
| System Management | Wil O’Mullane |
| DM Science | Leanne Guy |
| Architecture | K-T Lim |
| Alert Production | John Swinbank |
| Data Release Production | Yusra AlSayyad & John Swinbank |
| Science User Interface | Xiuqin Wu |
| Data Access and Database | Fritz Mueller |
| Data Facility | Margaret Gelman |
| International Comms and Base Site | Jeff Kantor |
| SQuaRE | Frossie Economou |
| Telescope and Site | Andy Clements |
| External | None (see below) |
The “External” team is used to label work done by individuals who are not funded by LSST.
Labels¶
We support and encourage the use of labels to group related tickets. Their use is not formally restricted or regulated. However, there are a few labels which are of general interest:
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
dm-sst |
This work is of interest to the DM System Science Team. |
dm-set |
This work is of interest to the DM Systems Engineering Team. |
DMLT |
This work is of interest to the DM Leadership Team. |
gen3-middleware |
Work on the “generation 3” Butler and associated middleware (e.g. SuperTask). |
In addition, please label any tickets describing work performed on documents with an assigned document handle with that handle (DMTN-123, LDM-456, LSE-789, etc).
Components¶
You can assign one or more components to tickets to describe which part or parts of the system they affect. Components are selected from a pre-defined list; only JIRA administrators have the ability to add new components. The following guidelines may be helpful when choosing components:
- If the ticket involves working in one or more software repositories, add the corresponding components (for example,
afw,daf_butler,ap_association). If no component exists for the repository you are working in, ask your T/CAM for help. - If the ticket involves work on a document, choose a component that best describes the type of the document you are working on (for example,
Design Documents,Review Documents,Requirements Documents). Even if the document is hosted in a Git repository, don’t add that repository as a component; use a label label instead.