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In August, the IA Steering members met for an introduction to the International Application development and release plan timeline. Committee general guidelines and objectives were reviewed, including the requirements set by the CCCApply Steering Committee - asking for final say on all specified development requirements (technical and functional) that require development funds to be allocated.
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Road Map Review
Road Map Update
10/2: Changes to the road map are highlighted in blue below.
Mandatory Accessibility Review Update
10/2: In June 2015, OpenCCC (student account system) and the CCCApply standard application were audited by the State of California 508 Accessibility Commission. The requirement was to address all issues identified within the audit and undergo an outside accessibility review by December. Addressing the issues in the audit, as well as ensuring that the BOG and International Applications also meet or exceed accessibility compliance, has been the primary focus of the CCC Technology Center since notified about the audit earlier this year. Developing an accessible application for students with disabilities has been our highest priority and we know that the payoff will be worth the delays. Unfortunately the accessibility review has been delayed - awaiting the contracts to be approved by the CCCCO.
Due to the delay of the contract, the vendor has had to push us back on their schedule. Assuming we get the contracts executed within the next few weeks, the earliest the vendor can begin the review is November 4 - starting with OpenCCC and CCCApply Standard application. The International application will be reviewed after Apply - which means our planned release in mid-October to colleges will be delayed until the International review is completed and we PASS.
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Release Update: Full Regression Testing > Release to Pilot Site - October 16
10/2: When we found out about the delay of the accessibility review, we added another sprint to our development cycle. Sprint 86 (September 24 - October 13) will serve as a full regression test to ensure that all the accessibility development we've done, and all new International development work completed, is fully tested before release.
Though we will not be able to release the International application to students until the accessibility review is completed, and we PASS across the board, we will still release the application to the Pilot environment (test site) on October 16. This will happen even if by some miracle we are able to get reviewed sooner, and even if we DON'T PASS. We will stick to our Plan B - release to Pilot for colleges to test and begin setting up their downloads/imports in preparation for eventual release to students.
Release to students is still dependent on PASS of accessibility review.
IA Steering Colleges may begin testing application in Pilot site - October 19
The International Application will be released to the Pilot site on Friday, October 16 starting at 5:00PM (it will take a few hours). Steering will receive a follow-up announcement containing the access information and Administrator user accounts will be set up for Steering members. However, placeholder terms, majors and English proficiency tests will be included so that the application can be tested immediately.
All College announcement - Release Update
10/2: A release update will be placed on the CCCTechnology.info support site on Monday, October 5. The high-level announcement will updt
Implementation Project Begins -
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November
Road Map - Key Dates
Oct 9 - Steering Sprint Preview (TBD) Cancelled due to conflict on Accessibility review date
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