Project Meeting 2017.07.07

Status of technical work products

• See technical meeting notes from yesterday
• Its important to have regression tests as well that validate outputs versus expected values
• We need a protocol for package developers for what needs to be included in a new package
• The framework needs good test coverage as well
• We'll soon merge develop into master for an updated VE release now that everything is working again

Review team setup progress

• The automated test system will make sure the software works and produces expected values
• The review team will be responsible for determining the usefulness of a contribution
• They will review what the contributor submits to "make the case"
• The review team could develop templates for good practices
• Kristin planning to share review team charter with group
• Ben and Brian to discuss review team responsibility at meeting next week
• Brian and Elizabeth Sall working on a documentation plan
• Ben and Dan @ Volpe working on software management plans
• The review team is a pilot; the pooled funders will finalize the review process

Work plan update

• See the work plan from the email
• In summary, we're planning to do the following with the remaining budget:
  • complete the automated testing and building system setup with the next few weeks (RSG)
  • implement remaining VERSPM modules by end of October (OSA)
  • update the VE framework documentation by end of October (OSA)
  • help maintain the repository and test system for other active VE projects (RSG)
• Performance measures script is lower priority and will be worked on if budget permits
• Its more important to work on VERSPM modules than to add tests to the framework