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Project Management

Kanban Board

This project uses a GitHub Projects Kanban board to track development progress.

How to Access

  1. Visit the project board
  2. Or from the repository page, click the Projects tab

Kanban Columns

GitHub Projects uses a board view with three default columns:

Column Purpose When to Move Here
Todo Work that has been identified but not started New tasks and milestones start here
In Progress Work that is actively being developed Move here when you begin working on a task
Done Completed work that has been verified Move here after the work is committed, reviewed, and deployed

Priority Levels

Each item can be assigned a priority:

  • High - Blocks other work or is needed for the next milestone
  • Medium - Important but not blocking
  • Low - Nice to have, can be deferred

Textbook Development Workflow

The standard intelligent textbook development follows this sequence:

  1. Course description - Define audience, prerequisites, and learning objectives
  2. Learning graph - Enumerate concepts and map dependencies
  3. Chapter structure - Design chapters respecting concept prerequisites
  4. Glossary - Define all key terms (ISO 11179 standards)
  5. Chapter content - Write detailed content with examples and exercises
  6. MicroSims - Build interactive simulations for key concepts
  7. Quizzes - Create assessments aligned to Bloom's Taxonomy
  8. FAQs - Anticipate and answer common questions
  9. References - Curate reliable sources for each chapter
  10. Cover image and home page - Design visual identity and social metadata
  11. Learning graph viewer - Add interactive concept explorer
  12. Metrics and QA - Validate completeness and quality
  13. Deploy - Publish to GitHub Pages

Adding New Tasks

From the command line:

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gh project item-create 11 --owner dmccreary \
  --title "Task title" \
  --body "Task description"

Or use the + Add item button at the bottom of any column in the board view.

Converting Drafts to Issues

Draft items on the board can be converted to full GitHub issues, which enables assignment, labels, and cross-referencing in pull requests. Click the draft item title, then select Convert to issue and choose the repository.

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