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Initial meeting
January 9, 2007
Present: Jamie Bush (ITD, facilitator), Sharon Epps (CP, timekeeper), >Sean Henry (FS), Janet Lee Smeltzer (BC), Joe Storey (SM), Marlene Vikor >(CP, note taker)
Joe Storey and Sean Henry agreed to co-chair the task group.
As of 01/07 the test server is prepared—with Oracle 10 and version 18 installed. ITD has not checked basic functionality. During the upgrade, Jamie is leading the implementation with Jean Phillips coordinating on the programming side. Jean will let TG know when testing environment is ready.
The members reviewed the various resources available on the TG website including the TG charge, timeline, and implementation-related documentation and resources. The group wondered at what point in the implementation timeline we plan to discover whether PDQ works adequately? What are the consequences to implementation if PDQ falls short?
Action item: Jamie will set up an AV18 TG working wiki
Action item: Jamie will consult with Carlen on the "critical path for PDQ"
Action item: Jamie will consult with Jean Phillips about possibilities of adjusting dates for general testing to last week in May/first week in June
Jamie shared that Dave Kennedy will be the programmer responsible for distribution of the new clients. Communications on tech issues could be handled via the Campus Contacts and/or COIall list. After some discussion, the task group expressed uncertainty as to the need for a separate Tech group during implementation. Action item: Jamie will consult with members of ITD as to the need for a separate Tech group.
The task group discussed the assignment of responsibility for testing the new PDQ functionality and assessment of how well it covers our PPH needs, and decided that it merited a separate testing group from other av18 circ functionality. The participants need strong knowledge of PPH and the group should have user interface representation as well.
Action item: Sean will invite participation in the PDQ testing sub-group from individuals identified by the AV18 TG.
According to the TG charge from CLD, expert functional testing will be performed by existing consortium groups: CPC, ASTG, RSTG and UITG. These groups will need to establish testing scenarios and should take into account the need to test USMAI customizations in their functional areas.
Action item: All AV18 TG members will review the release notes in their area(s) of functional expertise and draft charges to the functional expert testing groups by AV18 TG's February 20th meeting
Next meeting is February 20 at 1pm at College Park. Preliminary agenda items for 2/20 meeting include: Training options/timeline/methods/documentation, and ITD status report. Jamie will work with co-chairs, Sean and Joe, on setting the final agenda for the next meeting
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