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Longjobs project status report

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A Basch)
Tue Nov 6 18:38:52 2001

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Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 18:38:49 -0500
From: Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>

Project Name:      Longjobs
Team Members:      Bob Basch, Abby Fox, Ted McCabe
Report Date:       11/06/2001
Project Notebook:  http://web.mit.edu/longjobs/notebook/

Recent accomplishments:

- Transition from Discovery
  - Submitted final Discovery report
  - Established Delivery goal - smaller-scale service for selected
    courses and individuals with demonstrable academic need
  - Set timeline for roll-out in March 2002
  - Same team members are continuing into Delivery phase
  - Identified project consultants

- Registered individuals are using the test service; two classes
  participating in the test should begin use soon.

- Began identifying development tasks and support issues for roll-out.

- Identified and fixed several bugs, and deployed them on the test
  master server.


Goals for next period:

- Continue to identify development tasks required for roll-out, and
  begin implementing.

- Get class participants going on the test service, and get initial
  feedback.

- Identify additional documentation and support needs.


Issues:

- There are several policy issues which will need to be addressed
  by management.

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