Kickoff Meeting:
Discuss problem statement. Discuss project plan. Agree on meeting dates/times. Agree on deliverables:
- Deliverable 1: Find other testing applications.
- Deliverable 2: Each member checks their authorizations against SF2.
- Deliverable 3: finalize test plan spreadsheet.
- Deliverable 4: agree on functionality to be tested/evaluated. Put this in a spreadsheet (the evaluation matrix)
Open discussion.
Between each meeting members will get a simple status checkin email: something that says have you completed X, yes or no.
Meeting 2 (should occur two weeks after):
Discuss deliverables 1 and 2. Assign teams to begin testing (I plan to mix up the teams between people who are familiar with a particular application and those that are not).
- Deliverable 5 each team downloads and sets up their testing tool.
- Deliverable 6: begin automating test plan in tool. This deliverable includes putting results into spreadsheet.
Adjust testing plan (Deliverable 3) and finalize the evaluation matrix (Deliverable 4) as needed.
Meeting 3(two weeks after):
Discuss deliverables 3, 4 and 5. Get people back on track as needed. Continue with Deliverables 5 and 6. Adjust testing plan (Deliverable 3) as needed.
Meeting 4(two weeks after)
Discuss deliverables 4 and 6 (everyone should be done with 5 and working on 6). Based on success/failure, schedule next meeting to finish up testing, or begin writing report (Deliverable 7).
Meeting 5 (two weeks after)
Discuss deliverables 6 and 7. If ready, discuss results and write recommendation. If not schedule next meeting.
Meeting 6 (optional but probable; two weeks after)
Discuss results and finish report.