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u. Portal and DEMAND v. History - u. Portal consortium started 12/99 as part of JASIG. Mission is to build an open architecture framework for a free university portal. - Demand (DEpartmental MANagers portal) is a prototype u. Portal that will address that one constituency May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 1

Elements of a Portal v Adaptive, Secure Framework v Customization v Personalization v Desktop Replacement May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 2

Portal Choices v Free (with strings) v Buy a tool v Build our own v Use a vertical (or verticals) v Consortium May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 3

u. Portal and DEMAND v Rationale for method – Open architecture, no vendor lock-in, no purchased code. – Follow J 2 EE specs to insure scalability, platform independence – Write in java May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 4

u. Portal and DEMAND v Initial implementation – Currently at version 1. 5 – 1 ½ years May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 5

u. Portal and DEMAND v Resources for u. Portal – About 10 schools – one hired consulting group – total FTEs are approx. 5 -6 v Resources for Demand - One customer, one technical person May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 6

u. Portal and DEMAND v u. Portal Project management – Technical project mgr and a ½ time project leader. Managed outside of Princeton. Group meets approx 1/mo. v Volunteers for roles through JA-SIG v Demand Project management – Follows P 2 k methodology. Customer lead and one programmer. May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 7

u. Portal and DEMAND v Project maintenance – u. Portal – Coordinated through JA-SIG – Source code at Univ. of Delaware v Project maintenance – Demand – framework will be maintained by ASIG – content? May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 8

u. Portal and DEMAND v Project success - Not yet met all our goals - Have made considerable progress - Believe prototype (due in Aug) will be successful. May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 9

u. Portal and DEMAND v Futures – We are forming a steering committee of departmental mgrs to define needs. This should be done for every constituency serviced by a university portal. – We need university policy regarding vendor specific vertical portals (such as People. Soft) vs a horizontal portal. May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 10

DEMAND May 10, 2001 An Overview of the Princeton University Web - DEMAND 11