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Enterprise Web Portal. Portal Evaluation Plan. Enterprise Web Portal. tool for managing increased growth & complexity . a means to increase staff efficiency & effectiveness . a platform for enhanced services for faculty, students, staff & alumni.
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Enterprise Web Portal Portal Evaluation Plan
Enterprise Web Portal • tool for managing increased growth & complexity. • a means to increase staff efficiency & effectiveness. • a platform for enhanced services for faculty, students, staff & alumni. • an agent of transformational change. • a source of competitive advantage for Guelph.
Objective Evaluation 1. uPortal/Academus (UNICON) • not part of original RFP • open source, community developed • merits further consideration? 2. Vignette • highest rated through RFP • additional functionality available • “kick the tires”; “proof of concept” UG PortalEvaluation
ProjectGovernance Evaluation Task Groups ↓ Web Coordination Group ↓ Information Services Committee ↓ Provost UG PortalEvaluation
ProjectPhasesuPortal Evaluation 1 uPortal/Academus 1. RFP Criteria (September/October) 2. UNICON clients and JA-SIG members (September/October) 3. Review of value added products and services available through UNICON (October) 4. Key Decisions (October) • Further Consideration? • UNICON Products? UG PortalEvaluation
ProjectPhasesVignette Evaluation 2 Vignette 1. Product Update (October) 2. Pre-Evaluation Training (October 20-24) 3. Trial Implementation & Evaluation, Site Visits, Client Contacts (October-December) 4. Key Decisions (December) • Acceptance? • Return to uPortal Evaluation? • Negotiations? UG PortalEvaluation
Technical User ContentManagement Communications, Advocacy& Management ProjectGroupsVignette UG PortalEvaluation
AdvisoryGroups LinTechnical Advisory Group Peter McCaskell • operational aspects • Infrastructure • Single sign on • Portlet availability & management, toolkit for portlet development. b) integration & standards • Central storage (Internet file system) • Central directory (LDAP) • SIS (Colleague) • Course management (WebCT, D2L) • Calendaring (Corporate Time) • Email (WebMail) • Library (TRELLIS) UG PortalEvaluation
AdvisoryGroups User Advisory Group Stuart Robertson • Distributed site management • Portlet availability & management, toolkit for portlet development (with Technical Advisory Group) • Targeted communications • Conferencing • Personalization • Look & feel UG PortalEvaluation
AdvisoryGroups Content Management Advisory Group George Loney • Content management • Document authoring & versioning • Targeted communications (with User Advisory Group) UG PortalEvaluation
ProjectManagement Communications, Advocacy& Management Michael Ridley Areas of responsibility: 1. Overall project management 2. Project communication 3. Information sharing 4. Financial planning UG PortalEvaluation
UG PortalEvaluation Sept-Oct 03 uPortal Evaluation Oct-Dec 03 Vignette Evaluation Vignette Pilot Jan-Aug 04 Jan-Feb 04 uPortal Evaluation Mar-Aug 04 Vignette or uPortal Pilot Sept 04 ProductionSystem Timelines
Enterprise Web Portal Portal Evaluation Plan