[Bell Historians] The ongoing evolution of Dove online

[John Gwynne]

Let’s hope the Dove team are employing sound requirements management.
Projects like this frequently get asked “please can you just add...” when
folk get to know about them. It’s known as requirements creep or mission
creep.  It’s a frequent cause of public sector projects failing or
escalating out of control (and then failing) when politicians get
interested.  It may certainly be possible to add more in the future but for
now let’s hope they to stick closely to the original project brief and so
deliver on time.

John

On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 at 15:49, Carl S Zimmerman <csz_stl at swbell.net> wrote:

> This morning's email brought to me the Latest News from the Central
> Council, one item of which was a report on the progress and plans for
> improvements to Dove online.  Undoubtedly most of you have seen that as
> well.  It occurred to me that while the present Dove online incorporates
> much campanological information that was not in the original version
> (frames, crown removals, chiming bells, etc.), there is potentially much
> more that could be included.
>
> Furthermore, the subscribers to this mail-list might well be able to
> suggest useful additions to Dove that might not occur to some of the folks
> who are directly involved with the improvement process.  And this "down
> time" through which we are all living provides a window of opportunity
> (which the Dove team are already putting to good use) for us to sit back
> and think about things in a way for which we ordinarily might not have time.
>
> Personally, I would like to see more information in the general category
> of "additional mechanisms."  That could include clocks (turret? electrical?
> other?), with identification of the bell(s) on which they strike as well as
> what they strike -- hour only? quarters? ting-tang or Cambridge
> (Westminster) or other? (Turret clock enthusiasts want to know!)  It could
> include tune-playing equipment -- Ellacombe rack? electric hammers? drum?
> (fixed or programmable), baton keyboard? other?
>
> What else would you like to see included in the next generation of Dove?
> Or what improvements can you envision in what is already there in embryonic
> form?
>
> Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist
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