Document how we approach productionisation projects #58
Description
As discussed in the planning meeting, we should document our approach to internal productionisation projects.
These projects are important because:
- In theory we can have a large impact with relatively little work (applying our existing infrastructure is quick)
- Build relationships within SWC/GCNU
- Improves SWC outputs
- They're interesting
However, these projects have disadvantages:
- Can be poorly scoped from the beginning, and this can creep
- Collaboration with researchers can be difficult (differing skills, priorities, available time etc)
- Hard to know when they're "done"
- Often take more time than planned
It would be useful to write a document (web page/blog post etc) to:
- Show off our success stories
- Give researchers an idea of what we could do to help with their s/w
- Set expectations of time commitments, level of assistance etc