No aspersions cast here, but are you suggesting that DrupalCon become a "Time and Motion" productivity conference for employers seeking to turn Drupal development into a plug-in commodity? In response to a member of the community saying they have availability?<div>
<br></div><div>You are also actually suggesting that "coders" work for free in order to supply you with data.</div><div><br></div><div>Just an alert to show how the Open Source business model is just that.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Victor Kane</div><div><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a></div><div><a href="http://projectflowandtracker.com">http://projectflowandtracker.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>
In terms of methodology, this would introduce a waterfall approach and destroy any possibility of using an agile, incremental and iterative approach.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Bram Moreinis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bram@gamefacewebdesign.com">bram@gamefacewebdesign.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Here's an idea, which I'd like to run at Drupalcon SF:<br>
<br>
Set up a small test task (designed to take 15 minutes or less for a<br>
skilled coder). Invite coders to do it, watch them work, analyze their<br>
process, publish the results on consulting digest (methods used, time<br>
taken, critical paths) along with the names of those who score in the<br>
top 25% (speed, method elegance, solution elegance), with $25 paid to<br>
the top three performers.<br>
<br>
If you know of such a thing having already been done (so I don't need to<br>
do it), let me know? If not, I would like to find a coder interested in<br>
this effort, to help me design and structure the test.<br>
<br>
I have a task in mind: apply<br>
<a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php" target="_blank">http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php</a> to the<br>
subject and message output of the Author Contact module<br>
(<a href="http://drupal.org/project/authorcontact" target="_blank">http://drupal.org/project/authorcontact</a>).<br>
<br>
Brian, does this look like a 15-minute task to you? Would you like to<br>
help me develop this, and be a "co-author" of the study?<br>
<br>
Anyone else like the idea, or know of other examples of it being done,<br>
or can think of other applications? E.g. "test task of the month" for<br>
new coders.<br>
<br>
-Bram<br>
<font color="#888888"> Bram Moreinis, Prinicpal, Game Face Web Design<br>
<a href="http://gamefacewebdesign.com" target="_blank">http://gamefacewebdesign.com</a><br>
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