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EAST Monthly Status Report for September 2001
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From: "Rocklyn E. Clarke" <rclarke@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Enterprise Application Software Team <east@mit.edu>,
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"Roach, Roger A" <rar@mit.edu>, "Rappaport, Lorraine J" <ljr@mit.edu>
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EAST Monthly Status Report for September 2001
Team Name: Enterprise Application Software Team (EAST)
Team Leader: Rocklyn E. Clarke
Report Date: September 9, 2001
URL: http://web.mit.edu/east/www/
General
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General Goals for September 2001 ("c" indicates carryover):
------------------------------------------------------
c Finalize plans for team member career development
c Finish choosing individual EC3 modules for rest of team
c Post job description for new EAST position
c Test VPNs for remote EDI and IPM remote admininistration
- Develop checklist for accepting new systems into EAST
General Accomplishments for September 2001:
--------------------------------------
- Finished choosing individual EC3 modules for team
- Began planning to hire consultant and two students
- Developed checklist for accepting new systems into EAST
- Proposed adding web.mit.edu .htaccess mods to general MIT Apache distribution
- Jana and Kelly have ordered two new notebooks
General Goals for October 2001 ("c" indicates carryover):
------------------------------------------------------
c Finalize plans for team member career development
c Prepare job descriptions for consultant and students
c Test VPNs for remote EDI and IPM remote admininistration
- Schedule team and individual EC3 modules
- Follow up on .htaccess mods proposal
- Conduct transition interview for Enterprise Printing Delivery Project
- Develop business model for accepting new systems
General Issues:
---------------
- Enterprise Printing continued to require a significant time
commitment but is winding down
- Team member commitments still leave little time for teamwork
- Postponement in hiring a new staff member limits both our capacity
to take on new work and our ability to be a team
- The team leader will take several vacation days in October
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COEUS
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Goals for September 2001:
-------------------------------
- Complete EDI 850 transaction upload to Coeus
- Test Coeus 3.8 and fix any problems
- Complete Conflict of Interest module in Coeus
- Continue Java learning excercise
Accomplishments for September 2001:
-------------------------------------------------
- Working on Coeus 3.8
- Worked with Purdue to resolve a problem caused by PowerBuilder 7
- Developed a web interface to view human subjects training results.
- incorporated Budget summary reports developed by purdue into Coeus
- Coeus 3.8 testing is still going on
- Completed the design of Subcontract form 294/295 printing
Goals for October 2001 ("c" indicates carryover):
-------------------------------------------------
c Complete EDI 850 transaction upload to Coeus
c Test Coeus 3.8 and fix any problems
c Continue Java learning excercise
COEUS Issues:
-------------
None
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAPweb
------
SAPweb Goals for September 2001 ("c" indicates carryover):
-----------------------------------------------------
c Set up documentation for key SAPweb maintenance tasks
c Make requested changes to displayed help desk phone numbers
c Determine feasibility of providing automated SAP system status updates
c Understand two major SAPweb / ECAT bugs: "10 items" & "blank screen"
- Set up SAPweb "show and tell" for EAST
SAPweb Accomplishments for September 2001:
------------------------------------------
- Investigated how to provide automated SAP system status info to
SAPweb clients
- Conducted SAPweb "show and tell" for EAST
- Other SAPweb work was reported under Lorraine Rappaport's SAPweb
Enhancement Project report
SAPweb Goals for October 2001 ("c" indicates carryover):
-----------------------------------------------------
c Set up documentation for key SAPweb maintenance tasks
c Make requested changes to displayed help desk phone numbers
- Plan work to provide automated SAP system status info to SAPWeb clients
- Close out two major SAPweb / ECAT bugs: "10 items" & "blank screen"
- Plan upgrade of "Sporkie", the SAPweb test/development server
SAPweb Issues:
--------------
- The two outstanding SAPweb bugs will probably end with impending NECX demise
------------------------------------------------------------------------
TNS
--------------
TNS Goals for September 2001:
---------------------------------
- Make modifications for splitting Tether revenue cost object from Network.
- Start testing ICE-9 on development machine for 5ESS Switch replacement.
- Start analyzing what can be done for eliminating TNS related charges
billed via JVs.
TNS Accomplishments for September 2001:
----------------------------------------
- Fixed 36 service orders.
- Produced 8 ad-hoc reports.
- Made 4 new client installations.
- Implemented modifications for splitting Tether revenue cost object from
Network.
- Implemented modifications for student phones identification.
- Modified 5 network monthly reports to show monthly and equipment charges.
- Developed two new monthly reports requested by Nate.
- Identified duplicates problem for IP addresses and tether billing.
- Met with "IP address billing inconsistency between Moira and ICE-9" team
and identified necessary changes in the TNS database. Made these changes
before September billing.
- Created and sent second feed of IP addresses with corresponding cost
objects and equipment numbers to Garry Zacheiss for incorporating this
information in Moira.
- Prepared and sent information from ICE-9 requested by Lucent for
continuing frame verification.
- Worked with a contractor and started ICE-9 testing on development machine
for 5ESS Switch replacement.
- Investigated "Frozen screen" problem.
- Started analyzing what can be done for eliminating TNS related charges
billed via JVs.
TNS Goals for October 2001:
---------------------------
c Continue analyzing what can be done for eliminating TNS related
charges billed via JVs.
c Continue testing ICE-9 on development machine for 5ESS Switch replacement.
- Modify billing application to prevent double entrees for IP addresses and
tether.
TNS Issues:
None
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Team Dynamics:
--------------
Reasonable for individuals, but still not really a team yet
Learnings:
----------
None
Additional Comments:
--------------------
None
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<div>EAST Monthly Status Report for September 2001</div>
<div><br>
<br>
Team Name: Enterprise Application Software Team (EAST)<br>
Team Leader: Rocklyn E. Clarke</div>
<div>Report Date: September 9, 2001</div>
<div>URL:
http://web.mit.edu/east/www/<br>
<br>
<br>
General</div>
<div>-------</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>General Goals for September 2001 ("c" indicates
carryover):</div>
<div>------------------------------------------------------<br>
c Finalize plans for team member career development</div>
<div>c Finish choosing individual EC3 modules for rest of team</div>
<div>c Post job description for new EAST position</div>
<div>c Test VPNs for remote EDI and IPM remote admininistration</div>
<div>- Develop checklist for accepting new systems into EAST</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>General Accomplishments for September 2001:</div>
<div>--------------------------------------</div>
<div>- Finished choosing individual EC3 modules for team</div>
<div>- Began planning to hire consultant and two students</div>
<div>- Developed checklist for accepting new systems into EAST</div>
<div>- Proposed adding web.mit.edu .htaccess mods to general MIT
Apache distribution</div>
<div>- Jana and Kelly have ordered two new notebooks</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>General Goals for October 2001 ("c" indicates
carryover):</div>
<div>------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>c Finalize plans for team member career development</div>
<div>c Prepare job descriptions for consultant and students</div>
<div>c Test VPNs for remote EDI and IPM remote admininistration</div>
<div>- Schedule team and individual EC3 modules</div>
<div>- Follow up on .htaccess mods proposal</div>
<div>- Conduct transition interview for Enterprise Printing Delivery
Project</div>
<div>- Develop business model for accepting new systems</div>
<div><br>
General Issues:</div>
<div>---------------</div>
<div>- Enterprise Printing continued to require a significant time
commitment but is winding down</div>
<div>- Team member commitments still leave little time for
teamwork</div>
<div>- Postponement in hiring a new staff member limits both our
capacity to take on new work and our ability to be a team</div>
<div>- The team leader will take several vacation days in
October</div>
<div><br>
<br>
---------------------------------------------------------------------<span
></span>---<br>
<br>
COEUS</div>
<div>-----</div>
<div><br>
Goals for September 2001:</div>
<div>-------------------------------</div>
<div>- Complete EDI 850 transaction upload to Coeus</div>
<div>- Test Coeus 3.8 and fix any problems</div>
<div>- Complete Conflict of Interest module in Coeus</div>
<div>- Continue Java learning excercise</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Accomplishments for September 2001:</div>
<div>-------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>- Working on Coeus 3.8</div>
<div>- Worked with Purdue to resolve a problem caused by PowerBuilder
7</div>
<div>- Developed a web interface to view human subjects training
results.</div>
<div>- incorporated Budget summary reports developed by purdue into
Coeus</div>
<div>- Coeus 3.8 testing is still going on</div>
<div>- Completed the design of Subcontract form 294/295 printing</div>
<div><br>
Goals for October 2001 ("c" indicates carryover):</div>
<div>-------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>c Complete EDI 850 transaction upload to Coeus</div>
<div>c Test Coeus 3.8 and fix any problems</div>
<div>c Continue Java learning excercise</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br>
COEUS Issues:<br>
-------------<br>
None<br>
<br>
---------------------------------------------------------------------<span
></span>---<br>
<br>
SAPweb</div>
<div>------</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SAPweb Goals for September 2001 ("c" indicates
carryover):</div>
<div>-----------------------------------------------------<br>
c Set up documentation for key SAPweb maintenance tasks<br>
c Make requested changes to displayed help desk phone numbers</div>
<div>c Determine feasibility of providing automated SAP system status
updates</div>
<div>c Understand two major SAPweb / ECAT bugs: "10 items" &
"blank screen"</div>
<div>- Set up SAPweb "show and tell" for EAST</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SAPweb Accomplishments for September 2001:</div>
<div>------------------------------------------</div>
<div>- Investigated how to provide automated SAP system status info to
SAPweb clients</div>
<div>- Conducted SAPweb "show and tell" for EAST</div>
<div>- Other SAPweb work was reported under Lorraine Rappaport's
SAPweb Enhancement Project report</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SAPweb Goals for October 2001 ("c" indicates
carryover):</div>
<div>-----------------------------------------------------<br>
c Set up documentation for key SAPweb maintenance tasks</div>
<div>c Make requested changes to displayed help desk phone
numbers</div>
<div>- Plan work to provide automated SAP system status info to SAPWeb
clients</div>
<div>- Close out two major SAPweb / ECAT bugs: "10 items" &
"blank screen"</div>
<div>- Plan upgrade of "Sporkie", the SAPweb
test/development server</div>
<div><br>
SAPweb Issues:<br>
--------------</div>
<div>- The two outstanding SAPweb bugs will probably end with
impending NECX demise</div>
<div><br>
<br>
</div>
<div
>--------------------------------------------------------------------<span
></span>----<br>
</div>
<div>TNS</div>
<div>--------------</div>
<div><br>
TNS Goals for September 2001:<br>
---------------------------------<br>
- Make modifications for splitting Tether revenue cost object from
Network.<br>
- Start testing ICE-9 on development machine for 5ESS Switch
replacement.<br>
- Start analyzing what can be done for eliminating TNS related
charges<br>
billed via JVs.<br>
<br>
TNS Accomplishments for September 2001:<br>
----------------------------------------<br>
- Fixed 36 service orders.<br>
- Produced 8 ad-hoc reports.<br>
- Made 4 new client installations.<br>
- Implemented modifications for splitting Tether revenue cost object
from<br>
Network.<br>
- Implemented modifications for student phones identification.<br>
- Modified 5 network monthly reports to show monthly and equipment
charges.<br>
- Developed two new monthly reports requested by Nate.<br>
- Identified duplicates problem for IP addresses and tether
billing.<br>
- Met with "IP address billing inconsistency between Moira and
ICE-9" team<br>
and identified necessary changes in the TNS database. Made these
changes<br>
before September billing.<br>
- Created and sent second feed of IP addresses with corresponding
cost<br>
objects and equipment numbers to Garry Zacheiss for incorporating
this<br>
information in Moira.<br>
- Prepared and sent information from ICE-9 requested by Lucent for<br>
continuing frame verification.<br>
- Worked with a contractor and started ICE-9 testing on development
machine<br>
for 5ESS Switch replacement.<br>
- Investigated "Frozen screen" problem.<br>
- Started analyzing what can be done for eliminating TNS related
charges</div>
<div>billed via JVs.<br>
</div>
<div>TNS Goals for October 2001:</div>
<div>---------------------------</div>
<div>c Continue analyzing what can be done for eliminating TNS
related</div>
<div>charges billed via JVs.<br>
c Continue testing ICE-9 on development machine for 5ESS Switch
replacement.</div>
<div>- Modify billing application to prevent double entrees for IP
addresses and</div>
<div>tether.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><u>TNS Issues:</u></div>
<div>None</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br>
<br>
---------------------------------------------------------------------<span
></span>---<br>
<br>
Team Dynamics:</div>
<div>--------------</div>
<div>Reasonable for individuals, but still not really a team yet<br>
<br>
Learnings:</div>
<div>----------</div>
<div>None</div>
<div><br>
Additional Comments:<br>
--------------------<br>
None</div>
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