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Portal Evaluation Plan
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Enterprise Web Portal

• tool for managing increased growth complexity.
• a means to increase staff efficiency
  effectiveness.
• a platform for enhanced services for faculty,
  students, staff alumni.
• an agent of transformational change.
• a source of competitive advantage for Guelph.

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Objective

• Evaluation
• 1. uPortal/Academus (UNICON)
• not part of original RFP
• open source, community developed
• merits further consideration?
• 2. Vignette
• highest rated through RFP
• additional functionality available
• kick the tires proof of concept

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ProjectGovernance

• Evaluation Task Groups
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• Web Coordination Group
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• Information Services Committee
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• Provost

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ProjectPhasesuPortal

• Evaluation 1
• uPortal/Academus
• 1. RFP Criteria (September/October)
• 2. UNICON clients and JA-SIG members
  (September/October)
• 3. Review of value added products and services
  available through UNICON (October)
• 4. Key Decisions (October)
• Further Consideration?
• UNICON Products?

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ProjectPhasesVignette

• Evaluation 2
• Vignette
• 1. Product Update (October)
• 2. Pre-Evaluation Training (October 20-24)
• 3. Trial Implementation Evaluation, Site
  Visits, Client Contacts (October-December)
• 4. Key Decisions (December)
• Acceptance?
• Return to uPortal Evaluation?
• Negotiations?

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ProjectGroupsVignette
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AdvisoryGroups

• LinTechnical Advisory Group
• Peter McCaskell
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• operational aspects
• Infrastructure
• Single sign on
• Portlet availability management, toolkit for
  portlet development.
• b) integration standards
• Central storage (Internet file system)
• Central directory (LDAP)
• SIS (Colleague)
• Course management (WebCT, D2L)
• Calendaring (Corporate Time)
• Email (WebMail)
• Library (TRELLIS)

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AdvisoryGroups

• User Advisory Group
• Stuart Robertson
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• Distributed site management
• Portlet availability management, toolkit for
  portlet development (with Technical Advisory
  Group)
• Targeted communications
• Conferencing
• Personalization
• Look feel

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AdvisoryGroups

• Content Management Advisory Group
• George Loney
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• Content management
• Document authoring versioning
• Targeted communications (with User Advisory Group)

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ProjectManagement

• Communications, Advocacy Management
• Michael Ridley
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• Areas of responsibility
• 1. Overall project management
• 2. Project communication
• 3. Information sharing
• 4. Financial planning

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Timelines
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Enterprise Web Portal
Portal Evaluation Plan