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Minutes: 23 April 1999 meeting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Fri Apr 23 12:01:18 1999
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:01:15 +0000 ()
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: magellan@MIT.EDU, delivery@MIT.EDU, integration-ptl@MIT.EDU
Minutes: Project Team Leaders Meeting
23 April 1999
Next Meeting: 28 May 1999
AGENDA:
1. New initiatives for FY2000 Budget (about 45 minutes) Greg Anderson.
2. Project Database Update (15 minutes). Mike Barker.
3) Developing the "Buy" process (10 minutes). Bob Ferrara.
4) Roundtable (15 minutes).
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DETAIL:
1. New initiatives for FY2000 Budget:
FY2000 budget is flat. But we need a heads-up on new initiatives that
are going to come along through the year.
ITLT Identified one-time-only items:
W92
Increased RCC Expenditures
Software Costs
Oracle changes
Y2K
Network capacity expenditures
Reid handed out a list of descriptions of 6 items with 3 point
estimates of non-staff dollars and FTEs.
Web->Java->Oracle
EdTech Authoring
EdTech Class Lists
DataConversion
Oracle 8i Launch
Application Code Design Tools
Bill reported issues with Digital Libraries:
The need for robust digital shelf space is heating up a little
faster than he had thought in the past.
FY2000 may not have much expenditure, but in the followin years
there may be significant needs.
Current initiatives:
E-Theses
E-Reserves
Bit image stores (ramping up FAST)
start at 35Gb/year increase in online theses.
3rd Barton project
Issues:
Who pays for equipment?
For staff?
What is the proper structure to the IS/Libraries relationship?
Pismere:
Pilot -- one-time
Roll-out-pilot + contingencies.
Data Warehouse -- ongoing + Master data issues
Oracle: Migration from de-supported versions that are part of our
infrastructure.
SAP 4.5 upgrades (BIG)
Project Management -- aggregate, make consistent across MIT
Web Services
Need for UNIX servers within departments.
Athena development.
Technology Transfer (scale, reusabiliti, install, upgrades)
User Interface of Athena -- example: desktop.
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2. Project Database Update:
Key Points
1. Support project management through:
Project Database -- for Directors
AND
Project Notebooks -- for Project Teams
2. Project Notebook Templates are coming.
3. Longer term there will be further changes.
Mike gave out 3 handouts:
A 2 pager with:
A table of fields showing they're either in the DB or the Notebook
A list of the activities aggregated from the Job Flow Analysys
The first draft Project Notebook templates.
The current draft of the proposal for moving forward on the Project DB.
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3) Developing the "Buy" process:
Bob handed out draft of project announcement to revise the published
Delivery process model to better describe the "Buy" aspect of
Delivery.
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4) Roundtable:
Y2K Reporting
go to http://MITVMA.MIT.EDU/MITY2K/
See if the Y2K info you're responsible for is up to date.
Warning for Survey
Wade's Walk -- In memory of Steve Neiterman.
A couple folks had an idea to do this, and are now asking if
people are interested.
ITIT Luncheon
Tuesday's topic: LDAP. (Will be in Student Center but a different
room.)
ITLT Update -- preparation for offsite.
Oracle Software -- new license includes DBA tools.
Next Meeting
Support (Susan)
Web Development Planning (Greg)
Summer Calendar (All)
Project DB (Mike)
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