Project Update

Project and college leadership continue to identify and resolve operational problems and challenges with the system. Given the complexity of MCCCD and the vast size of the database, we really have had remarkably smooth sailing during this second week of live operations. Continued kudos should be extended to college and project leadership for exemplary problem solving and organizational flexibility.

Here is a quick update.

o        As reported in the last update, there have been some challenges with students with Maricopa Enterprise IDs (MEIDs) who were previous Blackboard users. To address this, all active Blackboard user IDs have been pushed through the identity process with security records for SIS access created. This should resolve the SIS access issue for these users.

o        This weekend, the latest PeopleSoft bundle will be applied to the database. Periodically PeopleSoft provides software bundles that include program fixes, system upgrades, and software modifications. The bundle will be applied and tested before moved into the production environment. There may be some cosmetic differences and all changes will be communicated in future updates.

o        45^th Day reports were successfully run this week—a critical milestone for the project.

o        Over the past several days, focus has been placed on resolving system issues with the enrollment cancellation process.

o        FYI—some interactivity remains with the legacy system in the area of financial aid. Legacy is not running parallel with SIS and the “old” data was frozen on February 12, 2008.