Posts in 2022
  • Jul 4 - Jul 22, 2022

    Monday, July 25, 2022 in 2022

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    This iteration we completed implementation of the MVP for the new image + transcription viewing panel on the document details page on the Princeton Geniza Project site. Specific features completed include image zoom controls (zoom is no longer …

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  • Jun 7 - Jun 18, 2022

    Tuesday, June 21, 2022 in 2022

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    This iteration our primary focus was on Princeton Geniza Project, but we did close a few more issues related to the upcoming Startwords issue 3. Our development velocity is on an upward trend — we closed 21 development points (16 issues), which gives …

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  • May 23 - Jun 3, 2022

    Monday, June 06, 2022 in 2022

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    We adjusted the schedule to make the past iteration a three-week iteration due to the Memorial holiday resulting in a very short week. Due to holidays, team member availability, and the chunks of work that are in progress, we didn’t publish any …

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  • May 2 - May 13, 2022

    Monday, May 16, 2022 in 2022

    We released Geniza v4.4 early in this iteration to deliver work completed in the previous iteration, and then quickly discovered and fixed a bug with the menu button that made the site unnavigable on mobile. We did not get another release out during …

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  • Apr 18 - Apr 29, 2022

    Monday, May 02, 2022 in 2022

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    This iteration we made progress on Geniza and closed out several issues for Startwords. We weren’t able to get a release out with the Geniza updates due to team commitments and availability at the end of the iteration, but we hope to get a …

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  • Apr 5 - Apr 16, 2022

    Monday, April 18, 2022 in 2022

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    This iteration we made progress on the remaining multilingual functionality and other features needed to publish Startwords issue 3. We didn’t close a lot of points on the Geniza project because the major work going on at this point is …

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  • Mar 21 - Apr 1, 2022

    Monday, April 04, 2022 in 2022

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    This iteration we worked on needed functionality for Startwords Issue 3, and made more progress prototyping and testing functionality for a transcription solution for the Geniza project. Because much of the development work consisted of chores, …

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  • Mar 7 - Mar 18, 2022

    Monday, March 21, 2022 in 2022

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    This iteration our focus again was solely on the Geniza project. We put out a bug-fix release early in the iteration to address several highly noticeable problems that were identified by various members of the team, and then a feature release with …

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  • Feb 21 - Mar 4, 2022

    Monday, March 07, 2022 in 2022

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    This iteration we were primarily focused on Geniza, but did devote some efforts towards Startwords. Our development velocity has stabilized a bit: 13 points, 20 issues, for a rolling velocity of 13. Geniza We released another update (version 4.2) …

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  • Feb 7 - Feb 18, 2022

    Monday, February 21, 2022 in 2022

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    This iteration our focus was entirely on the Princeton Geniza Project as we worked to address issues identified in the 4.0 release that we wanted to address before switching the site to the official https://geniza.princeton.edu url (which we did on …

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