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IMAP Email Project Update - March 15, 2000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew S. Brody)
Wed Mar 15 12:04:55 2000
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 12:08:23 -0500
From: "Matthew S. Brody" <mbrody@MIT.EDU>
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Project Name: IMAP Email Services
Project Leader: Matt Brody
Report Date March 15, 2000
Submitted by: Matt Brody
URL:
http://http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/imap/IMAP%20Project%20Notebook.htm
Accomplishments past period:
- Launched project team
- Developed overall project scope and initial version of project plan
- Created project notebook
- Made project work assignments to team members
- Conducted initial check-ins with project sponsors
Goals for the coming period:
- Continue our efforts at organizing the work.
- Focus on outreach to key stakeholders.
- Conduct email survey of early, unsupported IMAP adapters on mit.edu
post offices.
- Conduct informal survey of email practices/standards at "Ivy Plus"
institutions.
- Identify any initial major issues with email clients being evaluated
for IMAP (Eudora and Netscape).
- Complete draft outline of Discovery Report and share with team
members.
Issues:
- Ensuring collaboration between the team members since their
assignments are highly interrelated.
- Connecting with key IS opinion leaders to ensure our efforts are
aligned with the overall IS architecture.
Key learnings:
- Define the project scope carefully and be realistic about what can be
accomplished within a given timeframe.
- Check in with the sponsors frequently -- especially in the beginning
and around issues of project scope.
Team dynamics:
- So far the team has come together nicely and seems very interested and
engaged in the work at hand.
Additional comments:
- None
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Project Name: IMAP Email Services
<br>Project Leader: Matt Brody
<br>Report Date March 15, 2000
<br>Submitted by: Matt Brody
<br>URL: <A HREF="http://http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/imap/IMAP%20Project%20Notebook.htm">http://http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/imap/IMAP%20Project%20Notebook.htm</A>
<p>Accomplishments past period:
<p>- Launched project team
<br>- Developed overall project scope and initial version of project
plan
<br>- Created project notebook
<br>- Made project work assignments to team members
<br>- Conducted initial check-ins with project sponsors
<p>Goals for the coming period:
<p>- Continue our efforts at organizing the work.
<br>- Focus on outreach to key stakeholders.
<br>- Conduct email survey of early, unsupported IMAP adapters on
mit.edu post offices.
<br>- Conduct informal survey of email practices/standards at "Ivy
Plus" institutions.
<br>- Identify any initial major issues with email clients being
evaluated for IMAP (Eudora and Netscape).
<br>- Complete draft <u>outline</u> of Discovery Report and share
with team members.
<p>Issues:
<p>- Ensuring collaboration between the team members since their assignments
are highly interrelated.
<br>- Connecting with key IS opinion leaders to ensure our efforts are
aligned with the overall IS architecture.
<p>Key learnings:
<p>- Define the project scope carefully and be realistic about what can
be accomplished within a given timeframe.
<br>- Check in with the sponsors frequently -- especially in the beginning
and around issues of project scope.
<p>Team dynamics:
<p>- So far the team has come together nicely and seems very interested
and engaged in the work at hand.
<p>Additional comments:
<p>- None</html>
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