Re: [fab] I have a few questions for the board.

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

Patrick W. Barnes wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 April 2006 08:47, Karsten Wade <kwade redhat com> wrote:
>
> > The problem with this usage is that it is the exact opposite of the
> > usage of the two terms in project management.[1]
> >
> > A program is a large, overarching project that consists of multiple
> > projects.  A program manager is a PM over many projects that have their
> > own PMs, etc.
> >
> > If we use this language backwards from the way the rest of IT uses it,
> > we're more likely to foment confusion.
> >
> > [1] I just made Jeremy's blood pressure go up a few ticks, but recall
> > that there are always useful things to learn from a discipline even if
> > you don't adhere to it.
>
>
> I certainly wouldn't mind using the two terms properly, but it would require a 
> lot of changes, since we started out calling all of our big efforts 
> "projects".  The approach is sound, we just have to decide what words to use.

don't be too hasty... following that path could ulitmately lead to 
renaming Fedora Project -> Fedora Program
:)


-- Rex