Meeting Changes
Steering Committee Meetings
Meet every two weeks to communicate project activities, ensure institutional alignment with project direction, review status, answer questions, and approve any key project deliverables. Attendees include 15 Steering Committee members and 7 Leadership team members, see https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/58U.
Team Leads Meetings
Meet every two weeks to plan, solve problems and resolve issues. Attendees include 10 functional and technical team leads, the Program Director and special guests as needed, see https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/MQB-BQ.
Wiki Changes
KS Wiki has morphed into 5 different wiki ‘spaces’:
- Groups and Teams (KULSTG) Team membership, status reports, discussions, meeting minutes, calendars, etc.
- Active Workspace (KULSTU) - Current working documents and our repositories for artifacts.
- Portal (KULSTP) Eventual home to On-Boarding and reference materials.
- Released Artifacts (KULSTR) Clean snapshot of final deliverables available to public.
- Archive (KULSTA) - Work that is no longer current, but that we don't want to delete.
Over the next few months, we will clean up the wiki, archive and delete old pages, and improve usability. Val Johnson is in the process of re-designing the Portal site to prepare for on-boarding sessions with USC and UW. Stay tuned for more updates and a new look & feel on these pages.
On-Boarding/Orientation
Val Johnson working on collecting and presenting general project info and team specific info any new team member should know. Paul Luke, technical writer from MIT, Val and Cath documenting our methodology, including team specific methods and artifacts, and interactions between teams.
Orientation session is proposed for the week of Oct 27 or Nov 4 in Seattle, hosted by UW. Sessions are primarily for on-boarding UW and USC, however everyone welcome to send new team members. Forward names to Cath. (This is not a technical boot camp).
Kuali University Update
Audrey Lindsay and Sarah Bauder leading small team of the lead SMEs to create an outline of the characteristics of Kuali University. Initial draft outline to be reviewed by Functional Council on Oct 2nd. Once approved, detailed R1 test data will be developed in collaboration w/ teams needing specific tests. It will take several month to complete but will result in consistent test data usable by all teams.
Use Case Team Workshop Update
Use Case/UX team will meet Oct 27 in Maryland to identify a draft list of R2 Melanges. This R2 draft list will be discussed at post KD7 planning workshop and distributed to teams for review and fine tuning.
Post Kuali Days Planning Workshop
Team leads will meet on Nov 19,20th after Kuali Days to review and refine plans for R1 Development and R2 Design. Send Cath planning concerns or critical items to include in the agenda.
Team Highlights
Full status reports at https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/084 (tech), https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/ga0 (functional)
Last Week:
- UC: Create Course Lifecycle; Modify Course Lifecycle; Retire Course Lifecycle; Create Learning Unit Type Lifecycle mélanges done (4 of 7). Create Program Lifecycle passed internal review. First draft of PI mélanges (Organization Lifecycle, Create and Authorize Administrative Person).
- App Design: Reviewed and Entered Feedback on Create Course Lifecycle
- UX: Shared Axure projects; UI for ubiquitous functions, rules and external systems; resource allocation for concurrent R1 & R2 efforts; design persona deliverables
- Test lab: PoC2 installed and working. Met w/ UCB Unix team re: test lab on linux cluster. Evaluating PushToTest SOA testing suite and Structure101 Java Architecture Visualization tool.
- Services: Released Communication, Contact, LU. Explored LULU Relations and Learning Results in prereqs. Discussions continue around LU and Rules
- Rice: Spring framework config tests
- Dictionary/Search: Denormalizing schemas, data validation decisions, search api mods.
- Rules: Repository, initial UI and RMS components done and integration started. Execution API started.
This Week:
- UC: Release remaining mélanges for internal review: Modify Program Lifecycle; Retire Program Lifecycle; Organization Lifecycle; Create and Authorize Administrative Person
- App Design: Finalizing Functional Spec format, finish FS Enter Course Data - v2 func spec, apply func spec to Create and Process a Course Proposal, review Retire a Course Lifecycle.
- UX: Performance issues for shared Axure projects; Continue UI work; produce persona deliverables; UI spec format
- Transactions: More transaction work. Preparation for integration workshop
- Services: Revise data models, compile service references, collect service related links, see Service Reference Index Sandbox, get feedback on released services.
Misc Tidbits
Scott Shepherd starts Oct 16th as KS Communications Mgr. Scott is based at UMCP and will gradually assume Val’s workload during Oct/Nov.
Carnegie Mellon officially back as a KS Partner. They will contribute a Documentation and Training Coordinator and cash. Darlene LaBarbera will join the Functional Council and Tom Vrana will be join the Steering Committee.
Leo and Wil Featured at EDUCAUSE. Rick is convening a session by Leo and Wil on "SOA Built on Open Source Web Service Technologies" at EDUCAUSE 2008. Good luck and break a leg! See http://net.educause.edu/E08/Program/14627?Product_Code=E08/SESS101
Google Shortcuts saves time accessing street maps, word definitions, travel conditions, calculators, flight status, package locations and more, see http://www.googleguide.com/shortcuts.html For example, enter a US airport three-letter code or city name followed by the word ‘airport’ to learn about delays and weather. Enter the airline name and flight number, i.e. United 42 to get flight status.
"Stop-doing" list or not-to-do list is more important than a to-do list suggests Good to Great author, see recent interview http://tinyurl.com/6n2um3.
Student Apps on iPhone. Stanford is making several core web-based systems and services available to students on Apple's iconic iPhone. Five apps developed by students are being tested on campus including managing course registration and bills. See http://stanford.terriblyclever.com/, and http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/september24/iapps-092408.html
Berkeley News
KS Team Open House
KS Team Open House on Oct 2nd, 2-4pm. We will attempt to stream the event live via http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kuali-student for anyone who can't be here in person.
Vice Chancellor LeGrande is piloting a monthly snapshot of highlights and major issues going on within Student Affairs, see https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/hICkBQ. Esther Gulli egulli@berkeley.edu is collecting feedback on whether this format is helpful. Thought you’d like to see the following quote from VC LeGrande:
And finally, on a personal note, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to each of you for the way in which you have embraced me as your new Vice Chancellor. It is my honor to represent you, your interests and our students’ interests at the Cabinet table. This is the first time a Chancellor at Berkeley has chosen a leader from within the ranks of the staff in Student Affairs and I want you to know that I will honor you and that choice.
EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference
Finding Common Ground Among Shifting Technologies and Expectations April 14-16, 2009; San Francisco, California
Call for proposal deadline Nov 3rd, see http://net.educause.edu/Program/1020346.
Open Enrollment for 2009 Health and Welfare plans will be held from 8a Thu, Oct 30 thru midnight Tue, Nov 25.
http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/briefing/2008_sept/oe_2009.html
Calendar
October
2
- Functional Council Meeting
- Berkeley KS Team Open House
6,7 - UC Enrollment Services Technology Conference Oakland
6,7,8,9 - Infrastructure Integration Workshop UMaryland
6-13 - Ruth Away
6-15 - Cath Away
16 - Scott Shepherd starts as KS Communication Mgr
20- KS Board Review of Release Roadmap
28,29,30- Use Case Team Workshop – Maryland
30
- Leo and Wil at Educause
- Berkeley Open Enrollment Starts
Late Oct/Early Nov - UW/USC Orientation Session
November
17,18 - Kuali Days 7
19,20 - Planning Workshop
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