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I'm not sure I like the idea of requesting proposals as of yet.
...mainly because we have not quite identified the entire scope of the work. And obviously these points are not all for Brad to answer.
Just some questions that come to mind...
This leads to questions like, RFP for a paid gig? just for credit?
Who is paying for this work? If Joomla is paying for this work, who needs to approve that?
If it is paid, it seems that we lose community involvement or do we?
If a person submits a proposal and they win, will they lead the work?
Who will ultimately be responsible for the development, the actual production and the end product?
Is this really just a call for leadership and/or a facilitator?
Will this template work be hosted in such a place that Joomla community can actively participate in that development?
Does the current content stay? or is there going to be some content re-working?
The forums and the wiki's included? anything not included?
What is the timeline for deliverables?
My suggestion is that the proposals be made public from the start, in this case it would be nice to know who is interested in submitting a proposal sooner than when they are submitted, this way the process can be very open.
Would also seem logical that if several people or groups are wanting to donate efforts that all efforts are accepted and the exclusivity game does not play in.
If proposals will be made for a paid gig, should those proposals be managed the same as the volunteer proposals?
If it is paid, it seems that we lose community involvement or do we?I'd like to think it will not involve money.
If a person submits a proposal and they win, will they lead the work?
Yes
What is the timeline for deliverables?
What do you suggest?
If proposals will be made for a paid gig, should those proposals be managed the same as the volunteer proposals?
I'm not sure I follow this question, maybe you can explain.
Brad,
Do you see that the scope of the RFP would also include re-defining the information architecture (IA) for any or all of the J! websites, or are you primarily looking for new templates without possibly also overhauling the IA?
My 2c: I think that a major redesign is a good opportunity to also put a lot of thought around improving the IA, but the best new template creator(s) might not also be the best thinkers on a better IA. I think we might get a better outcome if any IA changes are pretty well agreed to before the serious work on new template designs starts. We could issue a separate RFP for IA changes in advance of the template RFP, or we could organize a group (with community input?) to issue recommendations for IA changes and then let the template RFP responders work off of those IA recommendations.
Also, what do you see happening when the sites are upgraded to 1.6? Do you think this redesign should happen before/at the same time/after releasing 1.6?
My 2c: I think it might make sense to do the redesign (& IA changes if applicable) after 1.6 is released. That might open up more possibilities due to new features, and could reduce some re-work compared to if the redesign was based on 1.5.
Thanks,
paul
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