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6/3 Enterprise Printing Project Status Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David F. Lambert)
Thu Jun 3 08:15:17 1999
Message-Id: <9906031215.AA20679@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 99 08:12:14 EDT
From: "David F. Lambert" <LAMBERT@mitvma.mit.edu>
To: Greg Anderson <ganderso@MIT.EDU>, "Theresa M. Regan" <tregan@MIT.EDU>,
Roger Roach <rar@MIT.EDU>, Paul Page <ppage@MIT.EDU>, magellan@MIT.EDU
Cc: Enterprise Printing Discovery Project Team <discoprt@mitvma.mit.edu>
Project Name: Enterprise Printing
Project Members: Mary Ellen Bushnell, Lynne Durland, Tim McGovern,
Dave Lambert (leader)
Report Date: 06/03/1999
Project Notebook: http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/enter-print/
Accomplishments for the past period:
- held checkin with Service team leaders; scheduled checkin with Support
team leaders
- finalized outline for the business analysis report
- pinged Ivy+ re current & planned printing initiatives
- contacted consultant again for heads up on technology watch work
- followed up with vendor (Cypress) to request a product presentation
Goals for the coming period:
- work with Greg to finalize consultant RFP
- perform more detailed follow up with Yale, Syracuse & Stanford
- hold follow-up discussions to confirm Postscript pilot hardware with
Emmons & Huxley (carryover)
- hold meeting with ASST to address Postscript pilot issues
- begin writing the business analysis report (carryover)
- hold focus group with Support team leaders
- finalize delivery phase charter
- begin planning for reporting out and discovery project closure
- resolve SAC focus group cancellation with Chuck Shaw
- schedule follow-up meeting with R3-Admin (target 7/12)
Issues:
Given our charter change with less focus on distributed printing, we
need to resolve the amount of effort we spend identifying and
evaluating options.
Key learnings:
n/a
Team dynamics:
We're doing fine. Our sponsors have been more actively involved.
Their increased interest and feedback is appreciated and valued.
Additional comments:
nope