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Tasks

 

 

Upon contract

CSU project manager, implementation team, institution contacts, and IT

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resources established

 

Ex Libris implementation team allocated

 

Communication plan developed

 

Detailed implementation plan developed

 

"Getting Ready" kit review, including data preparation

October2015

Planning phase kickoff meeting

 

Production environment provisioned to be populated with the data 

 

from 3 "vanguard" member institutions (to be used for planning)

 

Standard sandbox environment provisioned (to be used for training)

 

CSU reviews recorded training

 

Weekly project status/functional Q&A sessions between CSU and Ex 

 

Libris implementation teams begin and continue throughout project

November‐December 2015

Consultative review of Alma data model, workflows, migration and implementation details, to facilitate shared practices and policy planning

late December 2015‐

Winter break

January 2016

Initial Alma test load/data migration to production environment with

 

 

data from 3 "vanguard" member institutions and network zone begins

 

Initial Alma configuration for 3 "vanguard" member institutions and

 

 

network zone begins

late January‐February

Initial Alma test load/data migration to production environment for 3

2016

 

"vanguard" member institutions and network zone delivered to CSU

 

Initial Alma configuration for 3 "vanguard" member institutions and

 

 

network zone delivered to CSU Initial Primo configuration and data load

 

 

delivered for 3 "vanguard" member institutions

February 2016

Workflow and data review by CSU

 

Configuration refinements

 

Planning for migration refinements

March 2016

Full Full implementation kickoff meeting

 

 

Onsite meeting including analysis sessions

 

 

Production environment provisioned for all member institutions 

 

CSU reviews recorded training (continuation and/or broader audience)

 

 

Go live readiness checklist introduced (monitored on an ongoing basisbasis

 

 

 

basis for remainder of project)

April 2016

Preparation for full test load/data migration to production environment
– all member institutions and network zone 

May 2016

Full test load/data migration to production environment begins – all 

 

 

member institutions and network zone

 

 

Initial Alma configuration begins – all member institutions and network

 

 

 

zone 

June 2016

Begin 3rd party integrations 

July 2016

Full test load/data migration to production environment delivered to 

 

 

CSU – all member institutions and network zone (early July)

 

 

Initial Alma configuration delivered to CSU – all member institutions

 

 

 

and network zone (early July)

 

 

Full Primo configuration and data load delivered to CSU – all member

 

 

 

institutions (late July) 

August 2016

Workflow and data review by CSU (ongoing for remainder of project) 

 

Onsite Workshop (1 of 2)

 

 

Configuration and integration refinements (ongoing for remainder of

 

 

 

project)

 

 

Planning for migration refinements (ongoing until start of cutover) 

September 2016

Resource sharing set up

 

 

Prepare for San Marcos and Sacramento integration into CSU lending

 

 

 

environment 

November 2016

Certification training

 

December 2016‐ January 2017

Winter break 

January 2017

Onsite Workshop (2 of 2)

 

March 2017

Library staff training 

April 2017

Cutover load/data migration begins – all member institutions

 

 

Library staff training

 

May 2017

Go Live with Alma and Primo 

June 2017

Relink existing Alma sites (San Marcos and Sacramento) to the CSU

 

 

 

network zone.

 

 

Alma health check

 

July 2017

Switch from implementation to ongoing support