Technical

Technical Overview

Project Goals of the Technical Team

Recognizing the project is functionally driven, UMBC's Technical Team's primary goal is to support the SA Project and address all project related technical needs.  Our Secondary goals are to:
 
1)      Prepare ourselves so we can provide a high level of support as each module goes live.
 
2)      Partner with the Functional Leads to learn how system is being configured/designed so we can provide a high level of support as each module goes lives.

Progress   

 Upgraded to V9.0
Through OIT's partnership with the functional departments (CPS, Grad, Ugrad), UMBC successfully upgraded the Campus Solutions-Recruitment system from version 8.9 to 9.0. 
 Data Conversion
In partnership with the functional units, the Technical staff is writing conversion programs to move Legacy data into the PeopleSoft environment.
 New Hardware
To provide the processing power needed to support Student Self-Service, Faculty Self-Service and internal staff processing of HRMS and SA functions within 1 environment, UMBC is moving towards a scaleable physical multi-tiered environment.  UMBC has procured, installed and configured the new Architecture.  Currently, the project teams are testing HR and SA-Recruit on 1 database using the new Architecture.    

Personnel

       Name                            Project Role

Siri Flocke

Consultant  - SA Data Conversion Lead

Tracy Barnes

Consultant -  SA Technical Lead 

Bob Andrew

Consultant - Integration Team

Jen Keller

Consultant - Integration Team / Istrategy

Ed Kelly

Consultant - Technical Team

Kevin Joseph

Integration Team - Lead

Kathy Blank

Integration Team / Conversion

Kashka Donaldson

Integration Team / Document Imaging

Collier Jones

Portal Architect Team

Todd Haddaway

PS / DBA  Admin - Lead

Chris Sutherin

PS / DBA  Admin Team

Jeremy Gude

PS / DBA  Admin Team

Steven Ostrove

PS Admin Team

Dave Freeman

PS Admin Team

Arnold Foelster

SA Technical - Project Lead

Cheri Putro

SA Technical Team

Dina Caddeo

SA Technical Team

Betty Blanchette

SA Technical Team

Patrick Simon

SA Technical Team

Laura Brown

System Admin - Lead

Tim Champ

Unix System Admin Team

Derek Eichenberg

Unix System Admin Team

Jesse Beauman

Windows Admin - Lead

Matt Boone

Windows Admin Team


 

Updates & Timeline

The technical team's timelines are driven by the overall project plan.  Our primary areas of responsibility include:
 -         On-line development per system specifications
-          Reports per system specifications
-          Interfaces per system specifications
-          System Architecture
-          Adequate Response times
-          Security Administration
-          Application and Facilitation of Patches and Fixes
-          Implementation and Production Support
 It's important to note that all of our responsibilities imply a partnership with the Functional Departments and our Consulting Partners.