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Sydney Student Program. Faculty Update. February 2014. Project update. The Sydney Student Project (SSP) is running at maximum velocity as it enters the critical count down to the program’s go live.
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Sydney Student Program Faculty Update February 2014
Project update • The Sydney Student Project (SSP) is running at maximum velocity as it enters the critical count down to the program’s go live. • A key component of this phase is ramping up user engagement activities across each faculty/PSU and scheduling opportunities for users to: • The technical and support aspects of the program are continuing in readiness for these engagement activities and go live.
Test and deployment phase Build & configuration phase Build Sprints Build sprints Release 3 - SSP roadmap System Integration Test Integration Demos End 2 End test cycles UAT Cycles End to End Testing Cycles Process Mapping Stage 2 AA Stage 1 Audience Analysis (AA) Stage 3 AA Roll out Business Readiness Campaign Continues Training material Development, review and sign off Training delivery Transition Cut over Dress Rehearsal Go live Alternate Go live
FacultyInvolvement • Complete Faculty end to end testing • 21st Mar – 04th Apr Test and deployment phase Build & configuration phase Build Sprints Build sprints Release 3 - SSP roadmap • Complete User Acceptance Testing • 7th Apr- 18th May System Integration Test Integration Demos • Attend process gallery and Show and tell sessions • (during Feb-April) End 2 End test cycles UAT Cycles • Complete audience analysis • Review training material End to End Testing Cycles Process Mapping Stage 2 AA Stage 1 Audience Analysis (AA) Stage 3 AA • Attend training • Invitations issued from 26th March Roll out Business Readiness Campaign Continues Training material Development, review and sign off • Identify and complete transition activities Training delivery • Ongoing participation in Reference groups and workshops Transition Cut over Dress Rehearsal Go live Alternate Go live
Student experience model • Future student enquiry • Application • (including UAC) • Decision making • Decision response • Enrolment • Candidature and personal details maintenance • Unit of study variation • Assessment and results • Progression • Award • Graduation a cyclical process for continuing students
Summary of changes – Refer to Handout No impact High impact
Supporting activities Data Update • Each faculty has nominated a ‘data champion’ to ensure the relevant data in FlexSiS will be successfully migrated to Sydney Student. • The recent focus in faculties has been reviewing and confirming the diets to be used in Sydney Student. Over 500 generic diets have been reviewed to date. • The Sydney Student Team have applied the updates to the diets as directed by the faculties so they can be ready for go live. Diets (used by Sydney Student to articulate course resolutions) are used to represent course resolutions to ensure that students make valid Unit of Study selections. • Testing • Added additional testers to the program. This has helped to bring forward the end to end testing by 5 weeks. • Added an additional faculty test cycle. • Introduced an automated testing tool to help complete regression testing from mid January. • Disability testing is scheduled for February. • End to End test cases and User Acceptance Test cases are currently being reviewed for completeness and accuracy. • Transition Planning • R3 transition planning is progressing with the first cut of activities identified. • The first cut of the Transition plan will be available in early February. • Faulty Managers will be engaged in Feb to operationalise transition activities.
Coming Next February • Fact Sheet – Program Update • Super User kick off • Information Sessions • Enrolment w.c. 10th Feb (Student Admin Managers and staff) • Assessment, Progression and Award Gallery w.c. 10th Feb (Faculty Managers) • Curriculum planning and maintenance working session w.c 17th Feb (Faculty Managers) • Report workshops with embedded staff and additional representatives will begin (Finance, Fee and SAM in February) • End to End Faculty Test Cycle and User acceptance training will be scheduled • Calendar of activities relating to Sydney Student will be available by 21 February.