Student Information System Management Advisory Committee

 

Minutes: Thursday, March 19, 1998 at 3:00 p.m. in the Peters Building.

Present: Mary Beth Adams, Dr. David M. Bedwell, Phyllis Berk, Stella Cocoris, Dr. David A. Corliss (chair), Claude E. McCann, Dr. Maryanne B. Ivey (staff)

Absent: Jeanne B. Alexander, Dr. Charlotte G. Borst, Dr. Michael Hardin, Dr. M. Khris McAlister, Dr. James E. McLean,

Guest: Dr. Michael Neilson, Assoc Provost

Discussion

Dr. Neilson distributed a copy of proposed revisions to the undergraduate catalog and described the changes. The impact of some of these changes on STARS was discussed. The Committee is charged with providing the Provost with a management report April 1 that is to include estimates of the time required to make changes to STARS, other ramifications of the proposed changes, and any other unexpected consequences.

Assignments

Phyllis Berk and the STARS team were asked to provide answers to the following questions:

  1. Which policy changes require programming changes?
  2. How much effort will each change take?
  3. What are the possible consequences of any changes on other parts of the system?
  4. How do the changes fit with the ongoing projects?

Mary Beth was asked to review the effect of some of the changes on the 10th day reporting structure.

DARS

Maryanne Ivey reported that the budget process has been defined and the three job positions posted. Phyllis Berk reported that the tables have been defined in Sybase and the program installed on the RISC 6000. Remaining step is to link the Unix and mainframe computers.

The committee was reminded that we must develop a plan for ongoing administration of DARS by the end of year 2 since the positions end at three years.

Decision Support Center

Mary Beth Adams reported that the members of the group are compiling information regarding requests received, tools used, standard reports, and response time for requests. The results will be reported at the next meeting.

Y2K

Phyllis Berk reported that all the changes have been made and that they are in the testing mode. This is a complex process designed to simulate real operations. Target implementation remains May.

EDI

Maryanne Ivey requested that we name a person to represent UAB to a system level committee to discuss implementing SPEEDE. Ramsey Scott was suggested as the logical person at this stage.

WWW

EPOS project is done. Students will be able to register using the web starting March 23. The faculty web project has been put on hold.

Next Meeting

3:00 PM Wednesday, April 1, 1998, Room 101, Peters Building