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 Portal Evaluation
Project Governance Evaluation Task Groups ↓ Web Coordination Group ↓ Information Services Committee ↓ Provost UG Portal Evaluation
Project Phases uPortal 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 Portal Evaluation
Project Phases Vignette 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 Portal Evaluation
Project Groups Vignette UG Portal Evaluation Technical User Content Management Communications, Advocacy & Management
Advisory Groups LinTechnical Advisory Group Peter McCaskell a)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) (WebMail) Library (TRELLIS) UG Portal Evaluation
Advisory Groups 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 Portal Evaluation
Advisory Groups Content Management Advisory Group George Loney Content management Document authoring & versioning Targeted communications (with User Advisory Group) UG Portal Evaluation
Project Management Communications, Advocacy & Management Michael Ridley Areas of responsibility: 1. Overall project management 2. Project communication 3. Information sharing 4. Financial planning UG Portal Evaluation
Timelines UG Portal Evaluation Sept-Oct 03 uPortal Evaluation Oct-Dec 03 Vignette Evaluation Jan-Aug 04 Vignette Pilot uPortal Evaluation Jan-Feb 04 Mar-Aug 04 Vignette or uPortal Pilot Sept 04 Production System
Enterprise Web Portal Portal Evaluation Plan