Project Oversight

Members

• Ted Johnson
• Landon Pirius
• Mahbubur Rahman Syed

Meetings

• 2/25: reviewed hi-level objectives; discussed schedule.

President's expectations of myMSU

• Integrate a collaboration application that supports extensive functionality:
• Webmail, calendaring, collaboration and file sharing.
• Create communication and information delivery system
• Provide one site for login access to Instructional Management System and other campus systems.
• Enhance e-commerce features to improve convenience and availability.
• Provide a direct link to registration and the DARS system.
• Provide customizable features to allow personal selection of information (news, weather, sports, etc.)
• Implement a campus-wide events calendar

High-level objectives

The project oversight work group will have a global/macro perspective on MSU's web portal project. Each separate work group's efforts must coalesce into full integration for successful completion of this project. The oversight work group will consider the high-level issues and provide input to help resolve difficulties.

Communication

• Evaluate strategy for reaching campus with portal message.
• Assess needs/benefits

Functional Requirements

• Content
  • Modules (mail, IMS, ISRS, etc.)
  • Channels (news, sports, weather, etc.)
• Functionality/Personalization
• User interface
  • Information architecture
  • Navigation
  • Design

Resources

• Framework: DotNetNuke template
  • Database schema
  • Web parts
• Team
  • Business Analysts: this function will be handled by task force work groups
  • Designers: ITS Webteam
  • Developers: ITS Webteam
  • QA
  • Usability consultants: usability work group
• Hardware/network: ITS Technical group