[252] in Enterprise Print Delivery Team
Today's Meeting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David F. Lambert)
Fri May 26 07:47:06 2000
Message-Id: <10005261146.AA06004@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 26 May 00 07:40:17 EDT
From: "David F. Lambert" <LAMBERT@MITVMA.MIT.Edu>
To: Roger Roach <rar@MIT.EDU>, Karen Fortoul <fortoul@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>,
"Peter B. Kelley" <kelley@MIT.EDU>, Rachel Sage <sage@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>,
"Rocklyn E. Clarke" <rclarke@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>,
Lynne Durland <durland@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Enterprise Printing Delivery Project Team <printdel@MIT.EDU>
Folks,
The Print Delivery Team thought it would be useful to identify some
goals for today's meeting. Additionally, we identified some benefits
associated with specific activities we'd like moved forward. The
results of the team's discussion are included below. Hopefully,
sharing this with you will help structure and guide today's discussion.
See you at 2pm.
Dave (for the project team)
Discussion points for the 5/26/2000 Print Delivery meeting
1) Installation of new PSF/VM release when GA
Desired Outcomes:
- buy-in and commitment to install the new release of PSF/VM when
it's GA (not the beta release)
- identification of installation staffing resources
Project & Operational Benefits:
- helps with DOST's goal to eliminate the E19 channel extension
- easier sharing of 3160(s) between VM & IPM
- could drive the E19 3160 from Comdisco's hotsite reducing
hotsite costs and providing improved business continuity services
- could potentially save purchase and maintenance costs associated
with the channel adapter on the second 3160 (timing issue)
2) IPM Support
Desired Outcomes:
- identify team & staff to support IPM
- move I/T Service forward on resolving the issue of the
organizational model for supporting administrative and "system"
applications
Project & Operational Benefits:
- agreement on the future support of IPM
3) 3827 to 3160 Migration
Desired Outcomes:
- agreement the migration will occur
- agreement on the funding source
- agreement on the timeframe
- agreement on the staff resources to be used
- identify resource and agree to migrate remaining forms for
printing on a 3160
Project & Operational Benefits:
- significant cost savings
- full redundancy between W91 and E19
- encourages the completion of the forms conversion work which
will allow us to fulfill our current business continuity
commitments
- aligns with a project goal to ease the transition of printing
from the legacy environment to the new services by sharing
print engines; allows for easy access by all to centralized
print services
- the 3160 is sized better for the current workload
4) AIX & Server Support
Desired Outcomes:
- clarify remaining service requirements including a quick
run through of ASST's SLA list
(see: http://windsurf.mit.edu/ASOP/whats_it_buy.html)
- obtain agreement to support AIX
5) Rollout
Desired Outcomes:
- clearer and broader understanding of the rollout plans and schedule
7/1 Target Date (some are a stretch)
- complete business plan (startup funding, ongoing funding, cost
allocation, support plan, service plan, disaster recovery plan)
- IPM up & running
- E19 HP8100 managed by IPM
Post 7/1
- move GL monthly statements to Postscript & IPM
- resolve secured access method
- resolve desktop access method
- evaluate moving the SAP desktop printers to IPM from APS
- use of the 3160(s) by IPM
- review options for moving to network attached impact printers
- resolve the move to MICR based check printing (probably part
of Payroll Delivery)
