Short-term need informing long-term design: Landscape integration

[Nick Boettcher]

Hi all

I've mocked-up a potential solution to the stories and requirements 
mentioned below. This is specific to the current interface for the JuJu GUI.

https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/file/d/0B1IM--9A1RkTUURlRU1raFNoM1k/edit

It's a discussion piece so please let me know your thoughts. Add 
comments to the document or feel free to respond via email.

Cheers,
Nick.



On 23/01/2013 23:32, Gary Poster wrote:
> Hi Alejandra, Nick and everyone.
>
> The GUI devs should be starting work on Landscape integration very soon.
>   I currently suspect it will be the week after next.
>
> Short-term, that will involve adding some links and visual indicators to
> the current interface, and we'd like your advice and guidance with that.
>   Longer term, you'll want to incorporate these stories into the revised
> UX that you are working on now.
>
> I currently have a list of the technical changes we've been requested to
> make.  I'd like to reverse engineer those into user stories we want to
> tell, and then plan the GUI changes from those stories.
>
> So, to put the cart before the horse, here are the technical changes we
> have.  To be clear, a "Landscape link" means a link to the Landscape
> application.
>
> * We have a Landscape link to view/manage the machines that represent
> the current environment.
>
> * We have a Landscape link to view/manage the set of machines that
> represent a given service.
>
> * We have a Landscape link to view/manage a single machine that is
> running a given service unit.
>
> * We have information about whether a unit is on a machine that needs
> security updates from Landscape.
>
> * We have information about whether a unit is on a machine that needs a
> reboot from Landscape.
>
> Example user stories (Emmanuel is our SA persona):
>
> Emmanuel wants to use the GUI to monitor the health of his juju
> environment.  He goes to the GUI environment and looks at his services.
>   He sees that there are no markers indicating a problem, and so he goes
> off and does something else.  He comes back later and sees an indication
> that the mediawiki service has some machines that need a security
> update. He gets an option to go to Landscape and resolve the problem,
> which he takes.  The browser opens Landscape, replacing the GUI.  He
> does not need to login, because he was using it recently.  He sees a
> list of all the machines that need a security update in the environment,
> and confirms that he wants the update to happen.  He then sees an option
> to return to the GUI, which he takes.  He does not need to log in (devs:
> Kapil wants to usehttp://code.google.com/p/sessionstorage/), and
> returns to approximately the same view he was on before.
>
> Emmanuel is looking at the GUI, and wants to check the more detailed
> status of the environment's machines in Landscape.  He takes an option
> to go to Landscape.  This moves the browser from the GUI to Landscape.
> He logs in.  He investigates a bit, makes some changes, and then is
> finished.  He then decides to return to the GUI.  He does not need to
> log in again to the GUI.
>
> Emmanuel is looking at the GUI and sees there is a Juju error in the
> mediawiki service.  Investigating, he sees that only one of the units
> has a problem.  He decides to look at the unit's machine in Landscape to
> see if he can get more information to diagnose or fix the problem.  He
> takes an option to go to Landscape.  This moves the browser from the GUI
> to Landscape to look at that machine.  Emmanuel investigates and
> resolves the issue.  He returns to the GUI from Landscape and marks the
> unit as resolved.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary

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