Thursday, April 26, 2007

SirsiDynix Project Manager's Weekly Status Report #53

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Unicorn Project Status Report

Status Report Date: 4/20/07
Site Name: Memphis Public Library (24 libraries)
Client Contact: Alan Stewart
Go-Live Date: 6/14/07
Software Release: GL 3.1
Go-Live: Yes
SureStart: 9 months

Project Manager: Jeannie Peters
Implementation Team: Damon Hunter (CS), Jenny Hendrickson (DC), Patty Suessen (TR), Pam Tejes (SC)
Sales Representative: Gena Wilhite

Major Activities/ Meetings Completed

• Weekly Call

• Per Norm Curl, a rewrite of the auto backup script will be put into place the week of 4/23. This script will be tested the week of 4/30.

• Pam LaPier has been contacted regarding her work with Steve Foster on the year 2 – 5 for hardware maintenance, software maintenance, and subscription fees associated with the contract between SirsiDynix and the City of Memphis. Pam is waiting to hear from someone else in the company before responding to Steve.

• Paul talked to IBM this week and they do not have Solaris support on their side and they are saying that the problem Paul is experiencing is a Solaris issue. Both Paul and Jeannie have contacted Damon about this.

Activities/ Meetings Scheduled for Next Week


• Weekly Call on Tuesday at 2:00 Central time. The conference number will be used for all future calls.

• Continuing data review on the production server

• Continuing work on EPS/Rooms

Outstanding Issues

• Memphis continues to work with Norm Curl on correcting the error with the custom automated backup script for their EPS/Rooms server.

• Waiting on a response from Damon regarding why the Solaris daylight savings time patch had been applied to the test server but not production.

• Paul is continuing work with Damon on getting the IBM Infoprint configured as the system printer.

• Steve Foster is continuing working with Pam LaPier on determining maintenance for years 2 – 5 for hardware maintenance, software maintenance, and subscription fees associated with the contract between SirsiDynix and the City of Memphis.

• Memphis needs to know no later than 4/24 when the release date for EPS/Rooms 2.2 will be. When the release date is will determine what version Memphis will decide to go live on. They need time to make changes to their EPS/Rooms after the upgrade and to train their staff on the differences in the software version.


Project Status:

EventStatusCompletion DateNotes:
ScheduleCompleted01/24/06

Hardware Install

Completed04/18/06
SoftwareCompleted06/02/06
Policies/ProfilingCompleted05/25/06

DataOn Schedule


SirsiDynix TrainingOn Schedule

Go LiveOn Schedule
Postponed to 6/14/07.

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