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End of February report for IS Web Redesign Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christine M. Cavanna)
Sat Mar 8 19:08:34 2003
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>Project Name: IS Web Redesign Project
>Project Leader: Christine Cavanna
> Jeff Reed
>Report Date: March 8, 2003
>URL: http://web.mit.edu/is/delivery/isweb/
>
>Accomplishments in February
>- Continued work on content for topic pages.
>- Continued work on content matrix, site map and product summary pages.
>- Hired Brett Barros to work with the team on content for the site and
interviewed an another candidate to work on collecting and compiling content
for the site.
- Continued work on Product Front door pages inconjunction with Kevin
Cunningham.
- Hosted ILEAD meeting on February 11 to review site designs, content work and
guidelines and procedures document for the site.
- Sent infosys update on project.
>Goals for March
>- Continue working with staff on content for Topic Pages of the web site.
>- Continue development, research and data gathering for content of various
> web site pages.
>- Work on Implementation Plan -- phase in approach and proposal for IS Web
> team to maintain the site going forward and present to sponsors.
>- Continue to fill in Content Matrix
>- Finalize templates in HTML
>- Run testing on HTML templates with a couple members of the Advisory Council.
- Begin populating templates with content for phase I launch
- Continue outreach to staff in IS for input on site
- Finalize the Product Front door pages.
>
>
>Next Community Milestone
>- NOTE: There will not be a milestone that is visible to the community (MIT)
> until the implementation of the new pages. However, there are planned check
> in's with the Advisory Council, IS staff and with Usability testers during
> the project.
>
>
>Issues/Learnings (ongoing)
>- Project is very large based on size of Web site
>- There will need to be many sub-teams to keep critical check-ins
>for usability
> testing, quality assurance and information architecture throughout
>the project
>- Team will need to propose an implementation plan regarding how the
> content will be converted/transferred into the newly designed site; by whom;
> and by when (this will need to be a phased approach). This may be the
> largest part of the task.
>- No matter what direction is finally decided on with the site, we will not
> be able to please everyone.
>- Team spent a lot of time in Design phase; some extra time can be attributed
> to timing issues and delays in schedules over the summer months. Another
> reason has been a difficulty to come to consensus on design color, layout
> and labelling. At beginning of project we decided to use the
>consensus model
> for decision making, however we did not clearly document that and a fall
> back position. We have now identified that we will use consensus
>with a fall
> back of Sponsors and team leads if no decision at team level.
>
>
>Team Dynamics
>- Need to keep energy levels up as we move into the next phase; a lot of
> content to be reviewed, written and decisions to be made.
>- Team dynamics have improved significantly now that we are through the design
phase.
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Christine M. Cavanna cavanna@mit.edu
Senior Project Manager and 617.253.9814 Voice
Special Asst to the VP for Information Systems 617.253.0750 Fax
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue Room 10-219
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Project Name: IS Web Redesign
Project</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Project Leader: Christine
Cavanna</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite
> <span
></span> Jeff Reed</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Report Date: March 8, 2003</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>URL:<font color="#0000FF"><u>
http://web.mit.edu/is/delivery/isweb/</u></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><u><br></u></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><u>Accomplishments in
February</u></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Continued work on content for topic
pages.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Continued work on content matrix, site
map and product summary pages.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Hired Brett Barros to work with the
team on content for the site and</blockquote>
<div> interviewed an another candidate to work on
collecting and compiling content</div>
<div> for the site.</div>
<div> - Continued work on Product Front door pages inconjunction
with Kevin</div>
<div> Cunningham.</div>
<div> - Hosted ILEAD meeting on February 11 to review site
designs, content work and</div>
<div> guidelines and procedures document for the
site.</div>
<div> - Sent infosys update on project.</div>
<div><br>
<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><u>Goals for March</u></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Continue working with staff on content
for Topic Pages of the web site.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Continue development, research and data
gathering for content of various</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> web site pages.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Work on Implementation Plan -- phase in
approach and proposal for IS Web</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> team to maintain the site going
forward and present to sponsors.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Continue to fill in Content
Matrix</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Finalize templates in HTML</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Run testing on HTML templates with a
couple members of the Advisory Council.</blockquote>
<div> - Begin populating templates with content for phase I
launch</div>
<div> - Continue outreach to staff in IS for input on site</div>
<div> - Finalize the Product Front door pages.</div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><u>Next Community
Milestone</u></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- NOTE: There will not be a
milestone that is visible to the community (MIT)</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> until the implementation of the
new pages. However, there are planned check</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> in's with the Advisory Council, IS
staff and with Usability testers during</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> the project.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><u>Issues/Learnings
(ongoing)</u></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Project is very large based on size of
Web site</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- There will need to be many sub-teams to
keep critical check-ins for usability</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> testing, quality assurance and
information architecture throughout the project</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Team will need to propose an
implementation plan regarding how the</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> content will be
converted/transferred into the newly designed site; by
whom;</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> and by when (this will need to be
a phased approach). This may be the</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> largest part of the
task.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- No matter what direction is finally
decided on with the site, we will not</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> be able to please
everyone.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Team spent a lot of time in Design
phase; some extra time can be attributed</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> to timing issues and delays in
schedules over the summer months. Another</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> reason has been a difficulty to
come to consensus on design color, layout</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> and labelling. At beginning
of project we decided to use the consensus model</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> for decision making, however we
did not clearly document that and a fall</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> back position. We have now
identified that we will use consensus with a fall</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> back of Sponsors and team leads if
no decision at team level.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><u>Team Dynamics</u></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Need to keep energy levels up as we
move into the next phase; a lot of</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> content to be reviewed, written
and decisions to be made.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>- Team dynamics have improved
significantly now that we are through the design</blockquote>
<div> phase.</div>
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>====================================================================<span
></span>=========<br>
Christine M.
Cavanna <span
></span
> <span
></span
> <span
></span> cavanna@mit.edu<br>
Senior Project Manager
and <span
></span
> <span
></span>
617.253.9814 Voice<br>
Special Asst to the VP for Information
Systems
617.253.0750 Fax<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue Room 10-219<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
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