perfsonar development work

["Jeff W. Boote" <>]

Szymon Trocha wrote:
> Andreas Hanemann wrote:
> > Hi Fausto,
> >
> > As you know I have filled out the other sheet for the client research,
> > but this survey are really too many questions. There are 34 excel sheets
> > with more than 20 questions each. Even if they may not apply (for
> > knowing this you have to get somehow familiar with COBIT), you have read
> > them.
> >
> > Since this may also be the situation for other people involved in the
> > perfSONAR development, you should maybe take a different approach and
> > propose this as an action point for the Salvador meeting. You could at
> > give a presentation about COBIT (I guess that most of the developers are
> > not familiar with it) and how it can be applied in the perfSONAR
> > development at first. You may then distribute some sheets for filling
> > them out there so that you are sure that you have at least a set of
> > completed sheets. This could ensure you a more reliable basis for
> > interpreting the survey results. However, this survey should also be
> > limited towards a compact set of questions.
>
> Hi Fausto,
>
> I think I'd agree with Andreas. Last week I approached the questionnaire 
> but I failed. I don't know COBIT so this can be a reason but I also 
> don't understand the questions in many points. Many of them look 
> identical and I don't know why :)

I agree. I tried and failed as well. I didn't really understand the questions. 
And it was far, far too long. I could not spend that much time on it.

jeff