1. Implementing Open Source uPortal at The University of Georgia By Sriman Ravi Project Manager Student Portal, UGA Sun Certified Enterprise Architect, PMP

2. UGA CIO IT Vision Vision Vision The vision is to return the University of Georgia to the role of state and national leader in information technology, and to be recognized as the first source of knowledge and expertise in the area of Information Technology standards, best practices, applications, etc. -for more info… Please visit www.eits.uga.edu

3. CIO/EITS Compact Planning Model Compact Planning : A collegial, participatory planning process for Information Technology at the University of Georgia Compact Planning : A collegial, participatory planning process for Information Technology at the University of Georgia -for more info… Please visit www.eits.uga.edu

4. First Round Compact Planning Met with over 400 faculty, staff, and students in a series of 100 meetings Met with over 400 faculty, staff, and students in a series of 100 meetings –Received requests for 292 distinct new services and service enhancements –Many incorporated into the 43 Initiatives in the current 5 year Compact Plan -for more info… Please visit www.eits.uga.edu

5. New Portal Initiative Feedback Analysis: Portal was the most heavily used application Portal was the most heavily used application Students used it several times per day Students used it several times per day Students like the convenience of having access to various resources from once place (SSO)‏ Students like the convenience of having access to various resources from once place (SSO)‏ Students requested for more services to be added. Students requested for more services to be added. Portal is slow in responding to user request. Portal is slow in responding to user request.

6. Portal Advisory Board (PAB)‏ The CIO/EITS charged UGA Portal Advisory Committee under the leadership of Associate CIO to develop and maintain a best of the breed student portal which would provide the current functionality with additional features as requested by the Students. The CIO/EITS charged UGA Portal Advisory Committee under the leadership of Associate CIO to develop and maintain a best of the breed student portal which would provide the current functionality with additional features as requested by the Students.

7. Existing Portal : MyUGA MyUGA is an implementation of Novell Portal Services (NPS) which was later named as Novell exteNd Director. MyUGA is an implementation of Novell Portal Services (NPS) which was later named as Novell exteNd Director. –Based on a Sun J2EE Architecture –Deployed to a Java Application server (Tomcat)‏ –Supports Servlet specification.

8. New Portal Architecture Non-functional requirements or QoS level requirements considered for the New Portal Implementation: Performance Performance Scalability Scalability Availability Availability Reliability Reliability Maintainability Maintainability Extensibility Extensibility Manageability Manageability

9. New Portal Architecture New Functional Requirements considered for the New Portal Implementation: Single Sign On Single Sign On Channel layout and content management Channel layout and content management Application Integration / Management Application Integration / Management Customization and Personalization Customization and Personalization Independent from any specific enterprise software or student data systems Independent from any specific enterprise software or student data systems Tab management Tab management

10. Portal Software Selection: uPortal PAB decided that uPortal would be the best choice because : Open Source Authentication User Attribute Collection Groups & Layouts Themes and Skins Channels and Portlets -for more info… Please visit www.uportal.org

11. Tiers/Environments being implemented for Portal project Development Development Test/Integration Test/Integration Staging Staging Production Production

12. Portal Hardware Existing MyUGANew MyUGA Setup ProductionStaging, Test and Dev

13. Project Management Portal Project Objective Portal Project Objective Project Boundaries Project Boundaries Project Acceptance Criteria and Deliverables Project Acceptance Criteria and Deliverables Project Cost Project Cost External Consulting Services External Consulting Services Project Timeline and Deployment Strategy (SDLC)‏ Project Timeline and Deployment Strategy (SDLC)‏

14. Portal Project Timeline

15. Portal Status (Timeline)‏

16. Existing vs New Setup Better Performance Better Performance Open Source Open Source Developer friendly Developer friendly High Scalability High Scalability High Availability High Availability High Reliability High Reliability Maintainable Maintainable Ajax Support and More impressive GUI Ajax Support and More impressive GUI No vendor lock-in No vendor lock-in More Secured More Secured Can be easily integrated with new services, portlets and channels. Can be easily integrated with new services, portlets and channels. and More… and More…

17. Future Integration Integrate all the Student related applications into the portal. Integrate all the Student related applications into the portal.  Student Financials  Student Accounting  Student Registration  Student Course Mgmt … More … More Provide content providers with a good tool/application to render content. Provide content providers with a good tool/application to render content. Research external application integration. Research external application integration.

18. Questions Email sriman@uga.ed Email sriman@uga.edsriman@uga.ed sriman.ravi@gmail.com sriman.ravi@gmail.comsriman.ravi@gmail.com Ph: 706 542 5392 Ph: 706 542 5392