Timeline
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Year One – Assessment and Planning
January 1 - December 31, 2000
- At the partners meeting in February 2000, partners agree to
scope and guiding principles for the project.
- Each partner forms a campus vision team to provide oversight
for the project.
- Consultants meet with each campus vision team to build awareness
about electronic student services and to facilitate discussion
about the possible student service(s) to be developed in the LAAP
project.
- Project leaders gather input from students, campus leaders,
and other stakeholders on priorities and satisfaction with current
services.
- Campus and corporate partners identify student service module(s)
to be developed in LAAP project by each partner. Kansas State
University selects academic advising; Kapi'olani Community College
selects tutoring; Regis University selects orientation to academic
advising; SCT focuses on adding academic advising functionality
to its system and development of its brokering product.
- Each partner identifies own "development team" of
subject matter experts in the service area and supporting technical
staff.
- Partners begin training in Universal Modeling Language (UML)
and scenario building to describe new services.
Year Two – Design and Development
January 1 - December 31, 2001
- At the second partners meeting in January 2001, partners discuss
progress and make plans for year two.
- Subject matter expert members of the development teams develop
flow diagrams and scenarios to describe conceptual design for
new services they envision.
- Development teams review conceptual designs with vision teams
and wider campus constituencies for consensus.
- Partners' technical staffs evaluate the conceptual design for
possible technical solutions and provide options with costs to
project leadership.
- Campus partners review costs with campus leadership and select
option.
- Partners identify expertise needed from consultants in development
phase.
- Subject matter experts begin development of the content (e.g.,
tutoring exercises, messages to student) to be used in the automated
services.
- Campus partners share scenarios and flow diagrams in the collaboratory.
- Campus partners begin module development; SCT tests integrator
product with selected client partners.
- Webcast series begins to disseminate information on providing
student services to distance learners.
Year Three – Implementation and Evaluation
January 1 - December 31, 2002
- Campus partners continue development of modules.
- Campus partners test pilot modules for ADA compliance in spring.
- Campus partners implement modules for summer 2002.
- Campus partners evaluate success of implementation, revise,
and expand as appropriate.
- SCT makes integrator product available to its clients.
- At final partners meeting in November 2002, partners share experiences
and lessons learned.
- Partners develop guidelines for developing services to assist
other campuses.
- Consultant completes case studies of partner institutions.
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