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# Tracking SPIRV-Tools work with GitHub projects
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We are experimenting with using the [GitHub Project
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feature](https://help.github.com/articles/tracking-the-progress-of-your-work-with-projects/)
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to track progress toward large goals.
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For more on GitHub Projects in general, see:
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* [Introductory blog post](https://github.com/blog/2256-a-whole-new-github-universe-announcing-new-tools-forums-and-features)
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* [Introductory video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6MGKHkNtxU)
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The current SPIRV-Tools project list can be found at
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[https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools/projects](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools/projects)
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## How we use a Project
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A GitHub Project is a set of work with an overall purpose, and
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consists of a collection of *Cards*.
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Each card is either a *Note* or a regular GitHub *Issue.*
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A Note can be converted to an Issue.
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In our projects, a card represents work, i.e. a change that can
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be applied to the repository.
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The work could be a feature, a bug to be fixed, documentation to be
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updated, etc.
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A project and its cards are used as a [Kanban
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board](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_board), where cards progress
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through a workflow starting with ideas through to implementation and completion.
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In our usage, a *project manager* is someone who organizes the work.
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They manage the creation and movement of cards
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through the project workflow:
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* They create cards to capture ideas, or to decompose large ideas into smaller
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ones.
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* They determine if the work for a card has been completed.
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* Normally they are the person (or persons) who can approve and merge a pull
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request into the `master` branch.
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Our projects organize cards into the following columns:
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* `Ideas`: Work which could be done, captured either as Cards or Notes.
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* A card in this column could be marked as a [PLACEHOLDER](#placeholders).
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* `Ready to start`: Issues which represent work we'd like to do, and which
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are not blocked by other work.
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* The issue should be narrow enough that it can usually be addressed by a
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single pull request.
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* We want these to be Issues (not Notes) so that someone can claim the work
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by updating the Issue with their intent to do the work.
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Once an Issue is claimed, the project manager moves the corresponding card
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from `Ready to start` to `In progress`.
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* `In progress`: Issues which were in `Ready to start` but which have been
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claimed by someone.
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* `Done`: Issues which have been resolved, by completing their work.
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* The changes have been applied to the repository, typically by being pushed
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into the `master` branch.
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* Other kinds of work could update repository settings, for example.
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* `Rejected ideas`: Work which has been considered, but which we don't want
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implemented.
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* We keep rejected ideas so they are not proposed again. This serves
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as a form of institutional memory.
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* We should record why an idea is rejected. For this reason, a rejected
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idea is likely to be an Issue which has been closed.
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## Prioritization
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We are considering prioritizing cards in the `Ideas` and `Ready to start`
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columns so that things that should be considered first float up to the top.
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Experience will tell us if we stick to that rule, and if it proves helpful.
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## Placeholders
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A *placeholder* is a Note or Issue that represents a possibly large amount
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of work that can be broadly defined but which may not have been broken down
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into small implementable pieces of work.
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Use a placeholder to capture a big idea, but without doing the upfront work
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to consider all the details of how it should be implemented.
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Over time, break off pieces of the placeholder into implementable Issues.
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Move those Issues into the `Ready to start` column when they become unblocked.
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We delete the placeholder when all its work has been decomposed into
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implementable cards.
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