Category:OWASP Project Process

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Overview: Everyone has a dream of what the cake will look like at their marriage, wedding, birthday but they are different types of cakes.. Lets summarize the process for baking a cake(aka:project) at OWASP with a simple step by step process. Please do not use people's names rather roles in the description of the process. This is the submission process of new Project and Monitoring of Incubator projects

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Existing WORKFLOW Incubator Project Flow

Step 1: New Project Leader submits New Project Request Form it is logged in the system and an alert is sent to the Project Coordinator

Step 2: New Project Request is received and reviewed by Project Coordinator for complete information .It must contain the following information to qualify as an acceptable submission: You will need to gather the following information together for your application:

Project Name,
Project purpose / overview,
Project Roadmap,
Project links (if any) to external sites,
[[Guidelines_for_OWASP_Projects#Project_Licensing|Project License],]
Project Leader name,
Project Leader email address,
Project Leader wiki account - the username (you'll need this to edit the wiki),
Project Contributor(s) (if any) - name email and wiki account (if any),
Project Main Links (if any).
==>For Documentation: A table of Contents
==>For Code: A prototype hosted in an open source repository of your choice. Make sure it has read access.

https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Project#tab=Starting_a_New_Project

Step 3: If all information is completed following the minimum criteria for Projects (Code/Tool/documentation), The Project Coordinator notifies the Project Leader that the request has been accepted, and at the same time notifies the Review team that a new project has been submitted, including al the information requested in the project criteria

Step 4: Project Coordinator proceeds to create a new Wiki page for the project including all the information sent by the project leader. project coordinator uses one of these project wiki template:

For Docs: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Documentation_Project_Template
For Code: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Code_Project_Template
For Tool: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Tool_Project_Template

Also Project coordinator creates a mailing list for the project leader and sets him as admin

Step 5: Project Coordinator notifies project leader and Review team about the created wiki page, providing the link to the wiki page.

Review team might provide comments for further improvement of the wiki page if necessary
Project leader should request a wiki account to be able to update his own wiki page afterwards if he has not one yet

Step 6: Project coordinator updates the Wiki project inventory, Dashboard and open hub with the information regarding the new created project

Step 7: Project is set in the agenda by the Project Coordinator for monitoring over the next 3 months to check how has been developing.

Step 8: Every 3 months, project co-ordinator monitors the activity on the wiki page for new updates and on the Openhub for commits and level of activity . Findings are then reported on the Dashboard as comments and CC through email to the review team

Step 9: if the project has not been updated and has no activities after six months of creation, project coordinator sends an email to the project leader requesting an update and status to see how has been developing, CC: project review team regarding the lack of activity .Findings are then updated on the dashboard.

Step 10: Over the next 6 months the project is monitored again for activity. If no updates have occurred since its inception after 12 months, project is then set as inactive and project leader and review team is notified about the status. Project coordinators updates :