3.13 PROJECTS
Sometimes it is difficult to organise the communication and activities between
different members of an organisation, be it city, House, order, etc. People are
often not in the realms at the same time or have a hard time knowing what their
fellow members are doing. The project system attempts to alleviate some of this
difficulty. It aims to provide a way in which the members of an organisation
can communicate what is going on and who is in charge of it (so people may
contact them for more information).
Projects are created by leaders of an organisation (or someone with creation
permissions) and each project is assigned a 'leader'. This leader is then able
to update information regarding the project (such as its name or completion
status) as well as add notes so that members know what the project is about.
Two people always have access to modify and/or delete a project: The
organisation leader (can affect ANY project), and the project's leader (can
only affect his own project).
*** The following commands are used to view projects
PROJECTS [BY <person>] [IN <group pattern>]
Display a list of projects that are visible to you. Eg. "PROJECTS BY
AEYR" or "PROJECTS IN ashtan" or "PROJECTS IN a*". PROJECTS by itself
displays every project. (The BY and IN clauses are optional).
PROJECT <id>
Display detailed information on a specific project; including the
name, status, and description.
*** These are used by organisation leaders and project leaders to
create/modify/delete a project
PROJECT NEW IN <group> NAMED <name>
Create a new project in <group> (must be specified, because you can
belong to more than one) with the given name. This can only be done
by the organisation leader. Once it is created, the project leader
may be set.
PROJECT <id> SET <property> <value>
This is used to change information about the project. Available
properties are: 'name', 'status', 'info', and 'leader'. Leader is
only settable by the organisation leader. Name is what is displayed
in the project listing. Status is a short description of the current
status of the project (such as "Planning", "80% Complete",
"Finished", etc). Info is a long description of what the project is
about. Basically any information that others need to know. Examples:
PROJECT 1 SET status planning
PROJECT 1 SET leader
PROJECT <id> EDIT
This will allow you to edit the 'info' property via the Achaea
composer. Use this when you need some special formatting or are
setting it to something quite lengthy.
PROJECT DELETE <id>
This will remove the project from all records. Only usable by an
organisation or individual project's leader.
PROJECT GROUPS
Display a list of the groups you are in and what level of access
you have. It is either 'Normal' or 'FULL'. FULL indicates you can
create projects in that group.
