Project Layout help

Hi,
I need a little advice on how to layout my projects and teams. I have read the many different docs on this site but still have not concluded the best layout or if rtc 2.0 allows me to do anything better.

Basic requirements:
1 - All folders must be rooted in the same directory for the build (folders probably equal components)
2 - Some folders belong to "the core"
3 - Some folders belong to "the platform"
4 - Some folders belong to a group of "platforms"
5 - There will be many "platforms" and some will be using latest "core" while others will be based off older "core" release.
6 - The "core team" and "platform teams" often are similar people but we don't want to encourage mixing development in "core" and "platform" for a developer at the same time.
7 - To build a "platform" the core code must also be present
8 - To test the core code generally you need some platform code
9 - The core and platform combined delivery the "platform features"

Can anyone help me with the basic layout that will still allow me to keep core/platform developers separated (to encourage good, clean interfaces between core/platform) while being able to take advantage of the tools and the build within RTC.

Thanks

Some folders belong to a group of "platforms"

thanks for the reply.
Not sure if having a core component works. When previously exploring
components one thing I found was each component (folder) was rooted
in the same directory.

That breaks requirement 1. If the core has multiple folders, theymust
be rooted at the same level as folders from the platform then it seems
the only way to do it is each folder must be its own component. Does
this sound correct?

The problem with that above is then it makes your baselines pretty
complicated because instead of tracking a single baseline you have 10
or 15 different baselines that equal a "good, known" level.

Any ideas?

thanks

In 2.0, there is flexible loading, which lets you control where on your
local disk files and directories (such as the component roots) are loaded.

WRT tracking sets of baselines, that is done in a stream, and then a
particular combination that works together is captured by creating a
"snapshot".

Cheers,
Geoff

spbrogan wrote:

thanks for the reply.
Not sure if having a core component works. When previously exploring
components one thing I found was each component (folder) was rooted
in the same directory.

That breaks requirement 1. If the core has multiple folders, theymust
be rooted at the same level as folders from the platform then it seems
the only way to do it is each folder must be its own component. Does
this sound correct?

The problem with that above is then it makes your baselines pretty
complicated because instead of tracking a single baseline you have 10
or 15 different baselines that equal a "good, known" level.

Any ideas?

thanks

So at the most basic level I would:
Create 1 master project
A team area per platform
A team area for the Core
And then assign Streams and components to their corresponding team areas?

Thanks

One follow up question.

Each platform has different release dates/schedules. Is this supported or is the schedule/release plan only at the "project" level?

spbroganwrote:
So at the most basic level I would:
Create 1 master project
A team area per platform
A team area for the Core
And then assign Streams and components to their corresponding team
areas?
Thanks

Sort-of.

1) 1 master project
2) Sort out an overall plan (your release milestones with iterations
leading up to the releases).
3) Set up teams (the "team area per platform" sounds good +
1 core team - you can have people assigned to multiple teams)
4) Let each team work out its plan for each iteration

and on the component/stream side

Core compoment(s)
Platform specific component(s)

Let the core and platform teams each create a stream for themselves -
perhaps more than one (dev + prod).

I know this is all a bit more complicated than your version but should
work out better.

Geoff - does this make sense? If this could be simpler, that would be
good.

regards
anthony

Create a stream per platform