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End of April report for IS Web Redesign Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christine M. Cavanna)
Thu May 9 12:37:53 2002
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Project Name: IS Web Redesign Project
Project Leader: Christine Cavanna
Report Date: April 9, 2002
URL: http://web.mit.edu/is/delivery/isweb/
Accomplishments in April
- Finalized team membership for Core Project Team, defined roles and scheduled
weekly meetings for every Wednesday from 1-2:30.
- Outlined the membership for the Advisory Council.
- Held Team kick off meeting on April 5 to outline direction/vision of the
project, roles of the Sponsors and data gathering.
- Worked with Barrett Communications to gather info for Scope document.
- Worked with Barrett to schedule information gathering interviews and
focus groups.
- Developed survey for info gathering from staff and customers.
Goals for May
- Finalize membership on the Advisory Council.
- Hold Focus group sessions and individual interviews.
- Release survey, collect and analyze feedback.
- Finalize scope document.
- Finalize IS Web site map.
- Set dates for design presentations.
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 Dynamics
- Team is still ramping up.
- Need to keep energy levels up.
- Need to continue more thinking outside the box on design and site map.
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<div>Project Name: IS Web Redesign Project</div>
<div>Project Leader: Christine Cavanna</div>
<div>Report Date: April 9, 2002</div>
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http://web.mit.edu/is/delivery/isweb/</u></font></div>
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<div><u>Accomplishments in April</u></div>
<div>- Finalized team membership for Core Project Team, defined roles
and scheduled</div>
<div> weekly meetings for every Wednesday from 1-2:30.</div>
<div>- Outlined the membership for the Advisory Council.</div>
<div>- Held Team kick off meeting on April 5 to outline
direction/vision of the</div>
<div> project, roles of the Sponsors and data gathering.</div>
<div>- Worked with Barrett Communications to gather info for Scope
document.</div>
<div>- Worked with Barrett to schedule information gathering
interviews and</div>
<div> focus groups.</div>
<div>- Developed survey for info gathering from staff and
customers.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div> </div>
<div><u>Goals for May</u></div>
<div>- Finalize membership on the Advisory Council.</div>
<div>- Hold Focus group sessions and individual interviews.</div>
<div>- Release survey, collect and analyze feedback.</div>
<div>- Finalize scope document.</div>
<div>- Finalize IS Web site map.</div>
<div>- Set dates for design presentations.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div> </div>
<div><u>Issues/Learnings (ongoing)</u></div>
<div>- Project is very large based on size of Web site</div>
<div>- There will need to be many sub-teams to keep critical check-ins
for usability</div>
<div> testing, quality assurance and information architecture
throughout the project</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><u>Team Dynamics</u></div>
<div>- Team is still ramping up.</div>
<div>- Need to keep energy levels up.</div>
<div>- Need to continue more thinking outside the box on design and
site map.</div>
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