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EAST Monthly Status Report for January 2002

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rocklyn E. Clarke)
Sat Feb 9 00:15:07 2002

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Hello,

Here's the January 2002 EAST Report.

Rocklyn


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EAST Monthly Status Report for January 2002


Team Name:   Enterprise Application Software Team (EAST)
Team Leader: Rocklyn E. Clarke
Report Date: February 8, 2002
URL:         http://web.mit.edu/east/www/


General
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General Goals for January 2002 ("c" indicates carryover):
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c Finalize plans for team member career development
c Test VPNs for EDI and IPM remote administration
- Get approval for new business model and implement it
- Integrate Lisa Robinson into EAST

General Accomplishments for January 2002:
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- Met with Jeff Schiller to evaluate VPN solution for remote EDI management
- Lisa Robinson has joined EAST

General Goals for February 2002 ("c" indicates carryover):
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c Finalize plans for team member career development
- Get approval for new business model and implement it
- Integrate Lisa Robinson into EAST

General Issues:
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- No new issues

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COEUS

COEUS Goals for January 2002:
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  - Release Coeus 3.8 to OSP office (Weekend of 1/18)
  - Upgrade Coeus production server to 3.8
  - Build installers for Mac and windows
  - Port Coeus 3.8 to Mac
  - Test Mac version of Coues 3.8

COEUS Accomplishments for January 2002:
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  - Released Coeus 3.8 client production version to OSP
  - Upgraded Coeus production database server to 3.8
  - Completed Coeus 3.8 Installer for Windows
  - Coeus 3.8 porting to Mac Completed
  - Tested Coeus in Mac and windows platforms
  - Tested windows installer on various platforms in the integration lab

COEUS Goals for February 2002 ("c" indicates carryover):
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  - Create Mac Installer For Coeus 3.8
  - Test Mac Installers
  - Deploy Coeus 3.8 to entire MIT Community
  - Create Coeus Deployment kits for other schools
  c Continue Java learning exercise

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SAPweb
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SAPweb Goals for January 2002 ("c" indicates carryover):
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  c Plan work to provide automated SAP system status info to SAPWeb clients
  c Plan upgrade of "Sporkie", the SAPweb test/development server
  c Resolve problems using Internet Explorer to create requisitions in SAPweb
  c Fix bug involving reqs with large number of POs attached.
  c Fix JavaScript problem when using Internet Explorer to access SAPweb
  - Separate test and development environments on sporkie

SAPweb Accomplishments for January 2002:
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  - Did extensive analysis of the "too many POs" problem.
  - Found solution for the problem submitting reqs using Internet Explorer
  - Did minor SAPweb cosmetic work.
  - Did planning for separating test and development environments on Sporkie.

SAPweb Goals for February 2002 ("c" indicates carryover):
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  - Finish implementing the fix for the "too many POs" problem
  - Put fix for Internet Explorer req submission problem into production
  c Provide automated SAP system status info to SAPweb clients
  c Plan upgrade of "Sporkie", the SAPweb test/development server
  c Fix JavaScript problem when using Internet Explorer to access SAPweb
  c Separate test and development environments on sporkie


SAPweb Issues:
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None

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TNS
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TNS Goals for January 2002:
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- Finish loading MOIRA IP data into TNS billing.
   This part was delayed because users needed more time to clean the database.
   In the meanwhile, there are a lot of ad-hoc jobs coming out.

TNS accomplishments for January 2002:
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  - Fixed 48 broken service orders.
  - Produced 12 ad-hoc reports.
  - Made 1 new client installation.
  - Re-produced the partial GL feed for SAP and Warehouse due to
    an account change after billing.
  - Updated one account on TNS billing system requested by a customer.
  - Worked on enhancements to the controller database application.


TNS Goals for February 2002:
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  - Finish loading MOIRA IP data into TNS billing.

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Team Dynamics:
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Good

Learnings:
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None

Additional Comments:
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None

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