From Development to Production

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From Development to Production

• Janus Project
• Brown Bag
• 6 July 2000

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Overview

• Environment architecture
• Initial service offerings
• Technology/graphics integration
• Documentation
• Testing debugging

• Authentication progress
• Communications
• Committees
• Future brownbag topics
• Q A

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Environment Architecture

• Service/Information architecture design
• See CIO web site for brown bag presentation
  details (www.cio.umich.edu/office/)
• Usage-centered design
• Dynamic information delivered in service
  containers
• Designed for expansion

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Environment Architecture

• Customized organization of service choices
• Personalized
• Preferences remembered
• Enables push of specific services
• Graphic shells for managing environment space
• Institutional shell to be replaced by choices

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Initial Service Offerings

• Single login access to all related services
• University bulletins announcements
• News headlines summaries
• Classifieds
• Personal bookmarks
• LDAP directory lookup
• Weather

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Initial Services

• Personal Information Manager
• Personal calendar
• Personal course schedule
• To do list
• Contact book
• Web-based IMAP e-mail
• Help
• Feedback

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Technology Graphics Integration

• WebObjects service or component engine
• Benchmark service
• Feature set definition
• Service architecture / user interface design
• Service-specific graphic components
• Integration of engine with SA/UI design
• Integration into core environment

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Process Iterations

• Core Environment
• 13 Services
• Target integrated service environment completion
  date

1 August 2000
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Documentation Support

• Core environment
• Service specific
• Online (Help/Feedback)
• Printable
• Developed by tech writers and support consultants
• Training support staff

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Testing Debugging

• New code freeze date August 1
• Working with summer student and orientation
  populations for user testing and bug
  identification
• Student focus groups continue service feature and
  selection process
• Trainers and support staff to aid in debugging

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Marketing

• Web presence begins Monday
• Target product release date
• August and September promotions

21 August 2000
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Authentication Progress

• Developing new process to enable secure, single
  login to all available services
• Both Kerberos and cookie methods to be enabled
  by release
• More info by next brownbag

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Communications

• www.cio.umich.edu/office/
• myumich.questions_at_umich.edu
• Information email list
• New update list to be created
• Will send message to current update groups
• Will include all Brown Bag attendees if address
  included on interest sheet

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Advisory Committees

• Deans appointments to to meet in summer
• Redesigning plan for optimal contributions
• Orient to project
• Provide guidance in several critical areas
• More details forthcoming stay tuned!
• To participate. Contact your Dean and have name
  sent to me lmp_at_umich.edu

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Future Brownbag Topics

• August
• Sneak preview of integrated environment
• Testing and debugging concerns
• September
• Production issues
• Service partnerships
• October
• Plans for January edition

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Q A

• Next brownbag August 3