The International Correspondence Chess Federation 2014 Congress Sydney, Australia Table of Contents
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Testing ArrangementsTesting has remained a problem when implementing new server functions; there are two elements to testing, acceptability testing, and systematic testing. Acceptability testing is how we evaluate how well new features on the server are likely to be received by players and officials. Acceptability testing is subjective and must be carried out by ICCF players and officials. Systematic testing is a more methodical and objective process; when a new feature is introduced, all possible combinations of input must be tested and compared with the expected output. It is possible to integrate continuous automatic testing with the development process, and Martin Bennedik has been working on the implementation of automatic tests; however, there is no complete replacement for human testing. Systematic testing is repetitive, tedious, and laborious; we have always had a problem recruiting volunteers to carry out these tasks. This has created a bottleneck in the process of rolling out server updates, as delays in testing have led to delays A decision was taken by the ICCF Executive Board to employ a professional tester on a contractual basis. A contract has been agreed with Neil Limbert ENG to carry out this work for one year; this contract commenced on 1/7/14 and may be extended by mutual agreement. We have already seen a marked increase in the efficiency with which we are able to roll out new updates as a direct consequence of this contract. Unfortunately, this agreement is not without cost, as Neil is unable to work as a volunteer for ICCF whilst this contract is current. Webmaster ReportNews 80 news items were posted in the last 12 months or 6.6 per month. I believe this should increase but I cannot do this myself due to lack of time. It would be desirable to have another webmaster in a more exclusive journalist role, looking for news and posting more often. It would have been desirable to include a question in the player’s survey asking to rate the quantity and quality of the news, and give feedback on the type of publication they like to read the most. Webpage menu/organisation The following nations have not provided yet a description of their federation to post under Nations & Zones: AUT, GRE, SVK, PAN, CPV, and TUN. We currently post some tournament-related info under “Calendar of Events”. It would be desirable to have tournament pages for most if not all official ICCF tournaments. It would be interesting to implement player’s comments to news items under a blog-structure. In addition, a chessboard widget is desired to facilitate annotation of games posted in news items. Gino Figlio ICCF Webmaster Helpdesk ReportApproximately 150 help desk questions were fielded since the last congress. Among those, the majority came immediately after the major changes to the Webserver. While most were easily fielded, it became obvious that most were the same question repeatedly. I would, therefore like to suggest that we create a small addition to the FAQ - perhaps a "recently asked questions" list that can be checked by the user. Otherwise, all questions were generally fielded within a day if not within a few hours, with coverage from both Europe and North America. In addition, special thanks to the National Directors and other board members who continue to provide help and guidance to all our players. Thanks and Amici Sumus, Jason Bokar (Help Desk Manager) Help Files/Documentation UpdateThe quality of available online technical documentation for players, tournament directors, and other officials is still poor. The server offers excellent content management facilities, so there is no reason for better documentation not to be made available. A team has been assembled to work on the help files (see Services Committee Nominations, below); a number of documents have been written and proof read. This content will be available on the server by the time we meet in Sydney. Maintaining this content will be a perpetual task, any ‘how to’ articles would be gratefully received by the help file team; this can include multi-media content, for example images and videos. The webserver has full language support for the content management system, articles in the help files could be translated into any of the languages used by the server. Services Committee Nominations 2014/15Chair: Austin Lockwood WLS (ICCF Services Director). Ex officio: Jason Bokar USA (Deputy Services Director), Eric Ruch FRA (ICCF President), Michael Millstone USA (ICCF General Secretary). Other ICCF officers to be co-opted on an ad-hoc basis for consultation where appropriate. Commissioners: Gerhard Binder GER (Ratings Commissioner), Mariusz Wojnar POL (Qualifications Commissioner), Gino Figlio PER (Webmaster). Testing Team: Austin Lockwood WLS (team lead), Michal Volf CZE. All ICCF officials are expected to contribute to testing updates which fall under their specific area of responsibility. Translation Team: Austin Lockwood WLS (team lead), Eric Ruch FRA, Gino Figlio PER (core team only listed here; other translators may be co-opted for specific tasks and languages). Web Content Team: Andrew Dearnley ENG (ICCF Marketing Director, team lead), Gino Figlio PER (Webmaster), Eric Ruch FRA, Arjen Oudheusden NED. Documentation Team (Help Files): Austin Lockwood WLS (team lead), Gino Figlio PER (Webmaster), Tony Kain USA, Rex Cristal USA, Jason Bokar USA, Jim Ramsden AUS (Proof reading), Dennis Doren USA, Russell Sherwood WLS. Accessibility Team: Austin Lockwood WLS (team lead), Peter Maylott AUS. Helpdesk Team: Jason Bokar USA (Helpdesk manager/team lead), Ian Pheby ENG, Austin Lockwood WLS. Professional Consultation: Martin Bennedik GER (development), Neil Limbert ENG (testing). Directory: Congress Congress -> The international correspondence chess federation Congress -> DR. virginia burkett chief scientist for global change research u. S. Geological survey Congress -> Hon daniel webster Congress -> Presentation to the commerce, science and transportation committee united states senate Download 1.23 Mb. Share with your friends:
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