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WinXP Discovery Status Report - March/April 2002
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan McIndoe Hunt)
Thu Apr 11 14:18:51 2002
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:17:07 -0400
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From: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@MIT.EDU>
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Project Name: Windows XP Support Discovery
Project Leader: Jonathan Hunt
Report Date:4/11/2002
Submitted by: Jonathan Hunt
URL: http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/winxp
Accomplishments (what did we accomplish in the last period?)
- Launched Team
- Developed Survey Questions (choose two survey to focus on End User vs.
SysAdmins)
- Met with RCC to discuss XP in dorms
- Acquired copies of Windows XP
- Clarified that we are NOT testing applications on Windows XP (that is a
release/Delivery effort)
- Identified potential impacts on IS teams
- Acquired incentives for survey
Goals (What are we planning to accomplish in the next period?)
- Finalize and launch survey
- Check back with impacted teams regarding resources
- Collect and analyze survey results
Have there been any developments that may impact the scope or schedule?
- Developing the survey has taken longer than anticipated
- Not testing applications has made the scope more manageable
- It has taken longer than anticipated get our hands on Windows XP Home
Edition to compare with Professional
Issues/Key Learnings
- Focusing the surveys at the different audiences will help to focus the
questions to hopefully produce more meaningful results.
- Good surveys take a REALLY long time to setup
Team Dynamics
Good, though work balance isn't ideal - a couple members seem to be doing
most of the work.
