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+Contributing to QTIP
+====================
+
+First of all, thanks for taking your time to contribute.
+
+QTIP is a project in OPNFV. If you are new to OPNFV, you may read
+[Developer Getting Started][gs] first.
+
+Peer Review
+-----------
+
+Peer review is the most important communication channel between developers.
+Every subtle change to the code or document **MUST** be reviewed before
+submission.
+
+Add group `qtip-reviewers` in [gerrit][gr] when you consider a patch set is ready.
+
+Please make sure there is at least one `+1` or `+2` from others before
+submitting a patch set.
+
+Note: only members in `ldap/opnfv-gerrit-qtip-submitters` have permission
+to submit. The current members are listed in [INFO][if].
+
+Active Reviewers
+----------------
+
+Current list of active reviewers in gerrit group `qtip-reviewers`
+
+* Serena Feng <feng.xiaowei@zte.com.cn>
+* Taseer Ahmed <taseer94@gmail.com>
+* Yujun Zhang <zhang.yujunz@zte.com.cn>
+* Zhifeng Jiang <jiang.zhifeng@zte.com.cn>
+* Zhihui Wu <wu.zhihui1@zte.com.cn>
+
+By becoming an active reviewer, you agree to allow others to invite you as
+reviewers in QTIP project freely. Any one in OPNFV community can apply to join
+QTIP reviewers group or leave by submitting a patch on this document.
+
+Tasks and Issues
+----------------
+
+Tasks and issues are management in [JIRA][jr]. The usage of different
+[Issue Types][it] in QTIP are as following:
+
+* `Task`: it must be achievable in **one sprint**, otherwise it needs to be split.
+* `Sub-Task`: it must be resolvable by **one developer** within **one sprint**,
+otherwise it need to be split.
+
+`Bug`, `New Feature`, `Improvement`, `Story` and `Epic` are not
+restricted by time frame. But it is recommended to to define the scope clearly
+and break down into manageable tasks.
+
+Development Cycle
+-----------------
+
+QTIP follows the cycle of [OPNFV Releases][or] which is approximately one release
+every half year.
+
+The tasks are organized by sprints, three weeks for each.
+
+The target and content of each sprint is discussed in weekly meeting.
+
+Coding Style
+------------
+
+QTIP follows [OpenStack Style Guidelines][os] for source code and commit message.
+
+Specially, it is recommended to link each patch set with a JIRA issue. Put
+
+    JIRA: QTIP-n
+
+in commit message to create an automatic link.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+The documents are built automatically by sphinx from reStructuredText (reST).
+Please read [reStructuredText Primer][rp] if you are not familiar with it.
+
+A cheat sheet for headings are as following
+
+* `#` with overline, for parts
+* `*` with overline, for chapters
+* `=`, for sections
+* `-`, for subsections
+* `^`, for subsubsections
+* `"`, for paragraphs
+
+Frequent Asked Questions
+------------------------
+
+Q: May I work on task which have already been assigned to others?
+
+A: Yes. But please make sure you have contacted the original assignee to avoid
+overlapping.
+
+[gs]: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/DEV/Developer+Getting+Started
+[gr]: https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/#/q/project:+qtip
+[jr]: https://jira.opnfv.org/browse/QTIP
+[or]: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/SWREL
+[it]: https://jira.opnfv.org/secure/ShowConstantsHelp.jspa?decorator=popup#IssueTypes
+[os]: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/hacking/
+[if]: https://git.opnfv.org/cgit/qtip/tree/INFO
+[rp]: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/rest.html