diff --git a/docs/get_started/development_roadmap.md b/docs/get_started/development_roadmap.md index 9bdbd94a2..869de92f8 100644 --- a/docs/get_started/development_roadmap.md +++ b/docs/get_started/development_roadmap.md @@ -1,18 +1,14 @@ --- id: development_roadmap -title: Development roadmap for the Document Assembly Line -sidebar_label: Development roadmap +title: Document Assembly Line roadmap +sidebar_label: Roadmap slug: development_roadmap --- -The Document Assembly Line is under continuous development, based on input from the courts and legal aid organizations that use it and participate in the [community](intro.md#join-the-community). This roadmap contains the master plan and current development priorities, which are made possible by our [partners](/#partners). +The Document Assembly Line is under continuous development, based on input from the courts, legal aid organizations, and other [community](intro.md#join-the-community) members. This roadmap contains the master plan and current development priorities, which are made possible by our [partners](/#partners). -To raise an issue or make a suggestion, you can: +We hold an annual roadmapping meeting for the community to discuss and vote on priorities distilled from ideas and feedback we receive from the community. We post [updates on the LIT Blog](https://suffolklitlab.org/tag/alupdates/) after our quarterly governance meetings. -* Attend the weekly community meetings -* Post in the online discussion forum -* Create an issue in an appropriate [GitHub repository](#releases) -* [Email the LIT Lab](mailto:litlab@suffolk.edu) ## Master plan @@ -23,35 +19,54 @@ Our ambitious, long-term goals for the Document Assembly Line are: ## Current priorities -### Grant-funded deliverables +Here are our current priorities, from our February 2026 roadmapping meeting: -In partnership with Legal Services Vermont, funded by a Technology Initiative Grant from the Legal Services Corporation, the LIT Lab is working on the following: +### Admin -* **Complete:** Manage Docassemble hosting for at least three jurisdictions, including Vermont, by January 2025 -* Create a flexible, general-purpose e-filing tool that allows e-filing documents prepared outside of Docassemble interviews, by September 2025 -* Expand e-filing beyond Massachusetts and Illinois to new jurisdictions, including Vermont, by September 2025 -* Support our existing e-filing code and staying current with third-party changes. Planned updates include: - * ECF 5 compliance - * Make it possible to separate e-filing configuration code from Docassemble interview code +- DAL project coordination/admin +- Outreach and promotion +- Contract negotiation and admin -### Additional priorities +### Community software, support, and training -* Update this website to better serve Document Assembly Line users and the project's needs -* Expand the Document Assembly Line community -* Offer regular interview builder trainings +- AssemblyLine maintenance and upgrades +- Community coordination/management +- PDF accessibility improvements +- Documentation task force, including some specific priorities: + - Security best practices + - Accessibility best practices + - Seasoned dev best practices + - ALIncome + - AL code examples + - Review screen code examples +- Improve authoring tools to encourage accessibility +- Error troubleshooting, log investigation tool +- Deeper automated testing support +- Guided coding editor +- Tools for managing large interview libraries and users +- Volunteer coordination +- API access to interview snapshot data -## Releases +### Docassemble hosting -Software versions and release notes can be found in the Document Assembly Line GitHub repositories: +- Docassemble hosting infrastructure upgrades +- Docassemble hosting support +- New DevOps engineer onboarding -* [AssemblyLine](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-AssemblyLine/releases) -* [courtformsonline.org](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/courtformsonline.org/pulls?q=is%3Apr) (no formal releases) -* [ALWeaver](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-ALWeaver/releases) -* [ALToolbox](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-ALToolbox/releases) -* [ALRecipes](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-ALRecipes/pulls?q=is%3Apr) (no formal releases) -* [PovertyScale](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-PovertyScale/releases) -* [GitHubFeedbackForm](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-GithubFeedbackForm/releases) -* [ALDashboard](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-ALDashboard/releases) -* [InterviewStats](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-InterviewStats/releases) -* [EFSPIntegration](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-EFSPIntegration/releases) -* [EFileProxyServer](https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/EfileProxyServer/releases) \ No newline at end of file +### E-filing + +- E-filing infrastructure upgrades +- E-filing maintenance and upgrades +- EFSP support +- LITEfile, including some potential priorities (TBD during beta testing): + - Off-ramp to get help from a filing clerk + - ODR UX research RE user trust + - Plug-and-play-ability +- TrueFiling integration +- ECF 5 +- Improved e-filing error reporting + +### Interview building and maintenance + +- Student project coordination +- Interview maintenance \ No newline at end of file