Hi David, all, I tried to come up with some productive comments and suggestions for the 'strategy and roadmap' document, but some points are still somewhat unclear to me. I see quite some difference between, for example, the OGSA roadmap, and the TSC/OGF strategy and roadmap. That does not neccessarily mean difference in terms of content, but in approach: the OGSA roadmap is made by those people who are going to follow it, and who will make it a reality. If the TSC writes down a roadmap, who will care? Remember, OGF is a volonteer army, which will not, or only with resistance, follow any advise or roadmap not created by the very volonteers which are supposed to implement it. So, is the TSC strategy and roadmap supposed to merely _describe_ what the areas and groups plan to do anyway, or is it in fact trying to do real steering, as it tries to plan ahead for what _should_ be done by the areas and groups? The descriptive approach may be somewhat disappointing to the intended target audience I assume. The prescriptive approach may, as said, be overpromising, and hence would counter the OGF motto 'under-promise -- over-deliver". What do you think is the right balance between these points? What are the mechanisms for the realization of a potential prescriptive roadmap? Thanks, Andre. Quoting [David Snelling] (Aug 04 2006):
Folks,
Some thoughts from our leader of our little project
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From: "Linesch, Mark" <mark.linesch@hp.com> Date: 3 August 2006 21:39:18 BDT To: "David Snelling" <d.snelling@fle.fujitsu.com>, "David Snelling" <Dave@ThePlateau.com> Cc: <scrumb@ggf.org> Subject: Thoughts on the OGF Technical Direction and Roadmap Document
Dave,
I promised you a few thoughts to think about during vacation ;-) See attached and hope you have a great and productive time off!
Mark Mark Linesch: Open Grid Forum (OGF): Hewlett Packard 281-514-0322 (Tel): 281-414-7082 (Cell) mark.linesch@hp.com : linesch@ogf.org
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