Project status updates - December 2020

December 2020 project milestones achieved

Core development

In progress and proceeding to plan, new navigation also to plan
3.0.0 'General Availability’ release date: April 26, 2021

Core testing

In planning phase and proceeding according to plan
Alpha testing beings January 11, Beta testing begin March 15

Custom development

Initial analysis complete; Consultations began late November
Business Analysis, Fit-Gap with core functionality

Migration process, tools, and schedule

Process and scheduling in progress, consulting pending
Evolving Web work on migration tools to align with Beta testing

User training

Not yet started, awaiting completion of Alpha and Beta builds
Plan to release both “new” and “refresher” training for WCMS 3

Open Scholar

Initial consultation complete at October WAC Meeting
Further consultation to occur after Custom Dev consultation finished

Testing and release timeline for 3.0.0 (standard website template, FDSU)

2021
1. Jan
  1. Start of three Alpha testing phases
    
    Alpha testing periods:
    - January 11, 2021
    - February 1, 2021
    - February 22, 2021
2. Mar
  1. Start of two Beta testing phases
    
    Beta testing periods:
    - March 15, 2021
    - April 5, 2021
3. Apr
  1. 3.0.0 General Availability
    
    WCMS 3.0.0 will be made available to campus on April 26, 2021
4. May
  1. Migration to WCMS 3.0 begin
    
    Migration of WCMS 2.0 websites to WCMS 3.0 begins May 18, 2021

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Next project update: January 11, 2021