It was another busy week in the world of eComm!

We signed off on the UAT results. The CoE is now regression testing in Stage, which will be our next focus. We're not sure if we will "bolt" Marketing Cloud there as it takes 8-10 hours to do so and may test everything else and keep MC for production.

We had our third eComm Town Hall on Thursday. The two primary questions that came up repeatedly were around email list upload functionality and phase 2. ACF shared details around the interim email list solution. And, the eComm team said that they hope to share a phase 2 solution during our August Town Hall.

The CRM architecture team reviewed eComm business security requirements on Thursday and are headed in the right direction to meet eComm requirements.

Finally, eComm conducted the final phase 2/forms management demo on Thursday afternoon. The team demo'd Form Assembly, Attend, Cvent and Soapbox Engage. Next step is to work with leadership and the CoE on determining a solution.

Here's Kyle's status update (PS - notice that we are GREEN now. Yay!!):

STATUS UPDATE FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Highlights:

• eComm project schedule has moved back to green
• Successful iterative planning on a shorter timeframe for UAT deployment suggests that these snapshot views are a good strategy going forward. See below for current snapshot schedule
• UAT results are validated and unit tested (as of 07/09/15); regression testing underway
• Provisioning planning is in the chute
• Security and profile creation finalized for phase 1.0 as of 7/09/15
• FERPA privacy indicators for sensitive data are in place
• Soapbox Exchange is currently in negotiation
• Environment deployment checklists (CoE, ACF, UIS) are in place
• Identified requirements around benefits/HRMS data coming from MDM that needs to be supported in current data model
• Started to make changes to the online community

eComm project schedule has moved back to green because a.) we leapfrogged certain testing protocols in order to regain schedule with minimal risk (i.e., we leveraged UAT as validation/verification in the functional testing space rather than having separate standalone functional testing); and b.) we extended schedule by two weeks.

Note on schedule expansions: we are strongly pushing to stay as close to original schedule as possible. We are not taking this as a place to really exhale or take the foot off of the gas. However, it does suggest that our schedule is manageable and that we think we can meet the revised schedule.

Good team collaboration using iterative planning on a shorter “sprint like” view for UAT deployment suggests that these snapshot views are a good strategy going forward. Current schedule for environments, code, data load: Activity

Future Plans:

• Delay Production complete to August (all software and data reconciled in Prod)
• Allow MEC usage and bug reporting in August (environment TBD)
• SuperUsers (UAT) sometime in September
• Provision Community users in September
• Conduct training to September/October
• Rollout to all Production users in October

UAT results are validated and unit tested (as of 07/09/15). CoE received sign-off/validation of results and is in the midst of regression testing.

Provisioning planning continues apace. We will commence daily standups to monitor progress, plan for next cycle, and mitigate issues. We are currently awaiting approval of “black box” provisioning to move forward with planning. Security and profile creation finalized for phase 1.0 as of 7/09/15. We still need to plan effectively for authentication.

FERPA privacy indicators for sensitive data are in place.

Soapbox Exchange is one forms and events tool currently being reviewed (demo 07/09/15). Full security reviews will complete once all potential vendors are assessed.

Send your questions to contact@cu.edu.