Workstreams

The Periwinkle Project is organized into several workstreams:

Workstream	Description
Module Development	Applications that make the lives of the end users more productive
Core Frameworks	Components for making it easier to develop modules for end users
User Interface	Page Layouts, themes, graphics, and the like
Documentation	Providing high quality English information on how to install and configure the system
Language Translations	Provide the texts used in the applications in several different languages
Testing	Automated test frameworks and routines to improve code quality and reduce the amount of time that humans need to spend testing the program
Sample Data	Creation and maintenance of a ficticious character's story and a whole series of data to go along with it. This provides a way for users to evaluate the system before doing any configuration themselves. Also useful for testing and demonstrations.
Communications & Marketing	Spreading the word about The Periwinkle Project - both for end users and those interested in joining the project.
Project Sustainability	Planning for the future of The Periwinkle Project
Project Tools	Technologies used to develop, build, test, and deploy the periwinkle system
Released Version Support	Fixing Bugs, answering forum questions, minor incremental updates

The Core Frameworks are organized into different components:

Component	Description
Reusable Components	Templates, abstract classes, APIs, and other things that make module development easier
Orb & Managers	Facilities to interact with the database and the persistence layer
Search	The framework to find entities in the database
Resource Bundles	The framework for translatable strings
Reporting	Framework for developing and executing reports within the system
Notifications & Messaging	Facilities for notifying other users when something of interest changes
Security	authentication, authorizations, and other aspects of keeping data safe and secure

Currently, there are two modules under active development:

Module Name	Description
IFS	The Integrated Financial System: a personal finance module for those who want to keep track of their coins in a detailed fashion.
GTD	Getting Things Done: a system to use with the popular methodology for task management.