R1 development planning, Board approves R2 scope, MIT adds 3, Delta seeks Naval Post Grad School alliance, KuU draft, Stuart joins deployment team, Gary joins Wil’s team, UCB LUM implementation mtg, team highlights, calendar and more.
Project News
Development Plans
Steering Committee reviewed a high level, color coded draft gantt chart showing coordination between App Design (purple), Services (blue), Development (yellow) and Deployment (pink) teams. Expecting new project manager resource to help fill in details. Plan will be discussed in detail during post Kuali Days planning meetings.
Proposed working code milestones:
12/15 Academic Time Period(ATP), Learning Results(LRC), Learning Objectives(LO)
1/15 Organization maintenance
2/20 Course maintenance
3/15 Course development w/ workflow and authorization
5/01 Program maintenance
5/15 Person maintenance
6/15 Program development w/ workflow and authorization
Proposed Development Team Assignments:
Scott - ATP, LRC, LO, Organization, Authorization, Person
Wil - Courses, Programs, Dictionary, Search
Larry - Rules
Meeting Highlights
Steering Committee Oct 23
MIT close to hiring a project manager. 34 people expected at next week’s orientation in Seattle (some sessions will betaped). Two committees are being chartered that will determine how Kuali Foundation projects develop and use shared components such as Kuali Rice, see https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/UoCuBQ (technical) and https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/LgDHBQ (application). More at https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/kgEmBg
KS Board Oct 20
Release 2 Scope presented and approved as internal document. “Q4 2009” approved as public release date for Release 1. CMU officially welcomed back. UW awaiting final approval from State of Wash. MIT adding 3 new team members. Delta seeking alliance with Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey California. Hiring freezes at UMD, UW and everyone being cautious given economy. More at https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/hGw.
Scott Shepherd introduced as new chair of Communications Team. An updated KS brochure will be available soon with text consistent with website, updated timeline and FAQ, new members, and tech stack diagram. Participation message shifting slightly to encourage joining the Kuali Foundation instead of KS directly. More at https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/V4EGBg.
Functional Council Oct 16
KuU work continues: Dean of Students added to VP Student Affairs; Registrar has exam scheduling, grades collection, program audit and evaluation, graduation; Added College of Engineering and School of Medicine to VP Academic Affairs and Provost. KuU and SME resources for R1 and R2 on agenda for Oct 30th. More at https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/jgEmBg
Misc Tidbits
Stuart Sim will join the deployment team and Gary Struthers will join Wil’s development team.
Miami University in Ohio’s DARS rebranded as redLantern.
Blackboard making its course-management system work alongside open-source competitors Moodle and Sakai. See http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3421
EDUCAUSE 2008 simulcasts of community source topics and more at http://net.educause.edu/e08.
- ERPs and the Academy: The Benefits and the Problems by Ted Dodds, Thomas L. Maier
Wed 10/29 @ 11:15 PDT / 2:15 EDT - Community Source Model: Promise or Peril for Higher Ed? by Adrian Sannier
Wed 10/29 @ 12:50 PDT / 3:50 EDT
Campus News
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: Reviewed Modify Program and Organization Lifecycle melanges and added new feedback.
- App Design: Rtrofit Create Course to accommodate Modify/Delete Lifecycles.
- UX: Notification swimlane; Presentation for UC workshop; Working toward complete func specs for Create, Modify and Retire Course; UX Dashboard
- Test lab: distributed deployment of PoC, ESB (Mule + Eclipse IDE); alternative "search service" <mural.dev.java.net>
- Services: Identify service gaps. Added enumeration and expanded search operations to services. Explored composition of CLUs.
This Week:
- UC: Release 2 workshop in Maryland.
- App Design: Finish create, modify and delete functional specs.
- UX: R2 workshop; Seattle Orientation presentation; Orientation process; Sketches of task list
- Test lab: Demo-able deployment for orientation workshop.
- Services: Model CLU patterns and identify potential LU type and LU LU Relations. Move toward getting service contracts to major release.
- QA: Drafts of Project Mgmt, Development and Deployment sections.
- Berkeley SMEs Contacts:
Test Lab: IST's Application Services (AS) application teams and Geoff Boushey, Steven Hansen from ASAG.
Members of the KS Development team met w/ staff from the Registrar and IST to discus LUM implementation. See Cathy’s excellent PPT and brainstorming work at https://test.kuali.org/confluence/x/nYEaBg.
Fostering Inclusion Workshops
Expand awareness of workplace issues and help foster an inclusive work environment by attending a live theater and audience participation workshop. 3-5pm 10/30 thru 11/25, more info at http://diversity.berkeley.edu/Interactive_Theater.php
CIO/AVC Waggener At BPAWG
Shel is rethinking the annual budget process to accommodate multi-year planning and investment in new initiatives. BPAWG Mtg, Nov 6 @ 3-4:30, Tang Center
Calendar
October
28,29,30- Use Case Team Workshop – Maryland
30
- Leo and Wil at Educause - Orlando
- Berkeley Open Enrollment Starts
November
6
- Secure Web App Development Workshop – Berkeley
- CIO Waggener at BPWAG - Berkeley
6,7 - UW/USC/New Member Orientation Session - Seattle
12 - Kuali Commercial Affiliate KFS Web Event
17,18 - Kuali Days 7 - Newport Beach
19,20 – Post KD7 Planning Workshop – Newport Beach
December15 - Working versions of ATP, LRC, LO to deployment testing.
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