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-Welcome to the team! In order to make the most of your time at the project please read the below document explaining the Project Management System
-====== Introduction to the Project Management System (PMS) ======
-===== What is the purpose of the PMS? =====
-  * Keeping track of the progress of tasks
-  * Log hours of work
-  * Make resources/priority decisions
-  * Providing a space for team members to bring forward tasks not yet documented
-  * Document how to do tasks and where to find the tools to carry them out
-  * Provide a clean picture of what task are outstanding
-===== Where do you fit in? =====
-Whether you are a team member or a project manager you have a lot to bring to the project, including your skills, knowledge, ideas and time. The PMS is a tool that allows you to find areas which are common between your interests and the project objectives.
-Team members can:
-  * Assign tasks to themselves (requires approval from the Project Manager)
-  * Identify tasks where they can help others carry out tasks that are ongoing
-  * Identify and create new tasks
-  * Update task descriptions to aid other team members when completing future tasks
-  * Changes task status (assigned, in progress, done, feedback)
-===== Ok where do I start? - Registering on the PMS =====
-[[http://work.ecohackerfarm.org/account/register|Register here]] by completing all the mandatory fields as seen below
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-Project managers will be alerted of your registration by email and add you on as a team member either to [[.kuckucksmuehle:kuckucksmuehle|Kuckucksmühle]] or [[veintidos|Veintidós]] or both depending on which one you are interested in.
-===== Different task statuses =====
-==== Draft ====
-The ticket has been created by the Project Manager or Team Member but doesn’t include the full details required as yet.
-==== Reviewed ====
-The ticket has been reviewed by the Project Manager and it is now ready to be assigned to a Team member. Team members can assign these tasks to themselves if this has been approved by the Project Manager (a verbal approval is sufficient)
-==== Assigned ====
-The task has been assigned to a Team member however the individual hasn’t started working on it yet
-==== In Progress ====
-The task has been assigned to a Team member and they are working on it
-==== Done ====
-The team member has completed the task, it will now be reviewed by the Project Manager.
-==== Feedback ====
-The team member has questions about the task that need to be answered by the project manager before a task can be completed.
-Questions for the project manager should be included in the notes section.
-==== Revision ====
-The project manager has reviewed a completed task and noticed that something is not quite right. A comment will be included to explain what needs to be done in the notes.
-==== Closed ====
-The project manager has reviewed the completed task and closed the task. Nothing further is required.
-==== Aborted ====
-The project manager has assessed the task and for any number or reasons decided that it cannot/is not practical for it to be carried out.
-===== Different types of tasks =====
-==== Normal tasks ====
-These include both One-off tasks and Recurring tasks:
-One-off tasks are typically tasks that need doing once, on rare occasions and the need to do them for which frequency cannot be predicted
-These would include repairs or new constructions, one-off projects for example:
-  * repairing the chicken coop
-  * setting up a new greenhouse
-  * repairing the swing
-  * getting the oven checked by a professional
-  * getting the carpenter to check out the beams
-Recurring tasks are typically tasks for which there is a set frequency but are not done of a daily basis for example:
-  * Taking out the bins
-  * Deep cleaning
-  * Washing the windows
-  * Turning the compost
-  * Brushing the dog
-You should log your time against Normal tasks whenever you spend time doing them, see section How to log time against a task.
-==== Day to Day Tasks ====
-These are tasks that are carried out daily for example:
-  * Watering the vegetables
-  * Filling the dishwasher
-  * Doing the laundry
-  * Cleaning the kitchen
-  * Shared meal preparation
-For Day to Day tasks you should only amend the description if you have any more details to add to it if you notice that there are steps in the process that have been missed out. Please refer to the section Amending a task.
-You should log your time against Day to Day tasks whenever you spend time doing them, see section How to log time against a task.
-===== Finding an existing task =====
-There are various ways to find a specific task:
-. Use the search facility
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-Type into the search box a key word for the task you are looking for for example if you want to find the Day to Day task for cleaning the kitchen you could use "kitchen" as the keyword for your search and hit the enter button on your keyboard.
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-This will take you to the search interface, here you can refine your search. In the drop down menu indicated below you can choose whether you want to search an issue (task) in a specific project and its subprojects or if you want to search all projects.
-You can choose whether to search all words or search tiles only by clicking in the appropriate tick box. This can be useful for finding specific issues (tasks) such as the one we are using as an example.
-The tickboxes enable you to pick whether you are looking for Issues (tasks) and Wiki pages.
-You can bring down the additional Options tab by clicking on the little arrow near Options, here you can tick the boxes to search for Open issues only.
-Once you are satisfied that you have enough details for your search you can click on the Submit button.
-The results will be displayed below the search interface and you can click on the link to open the issue that you were looking for. If you are still unable to find the task but cannot find it but you know that it surely exists you can ask another team member or the project manager for assistance.
-If the issue/task does not exist and needs to be created you can create a New Issue, please refer to the How to create tasks section.
-===== Amending a task =====
-Issues (Tasks) can be edited once they are created in order to edit these details click on the edit link.
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-==== Assigning a task to yourself ====
-==== Amending a task description ====
-==== Updating a task status ====
-===== How to create new tasks =====
-===== How to log time against a task =====