Overview
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Agile Development
The remaining IA requirements will follow the Agile software development process, which means that development and testing is performed in short, 3-week "sprint" cycles. During each sprint, developers work on specific tasks and requirements and at the end of the sprint, the team reviews the results with the steering committee for feedback. This process allows for ongoing continual refinement of the application so that it meets overall requirements and accessibility standards by the end of the pro
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The International Application is scheduled to be released to the PILOT (test) environment on Friday, October 16, 2015. IA Steering Committee members are invited to help with the Testing effort, which will begin Monday, October 19. Testing will commence for two weeks; changes and issues identified will be compiled and rolled up to Development for review. |
Development History
Over the past year, development of the International Application (IA 1.0) has been delayed several times due to a series of high-priority system infrastructure and performance enhancement upgrades, and a mandatory State 508 accessibility audit of the OpenCCC and CCCApply admissions applications.
Prior to the completion of the audit and before work began to address those issues, some development was completed on the International Application, including changes to the Education Goal field, the Education page, and streamlining some of the address field sets on the Account Mailing & Contact Information pages.
Agile Development
The remaining IA requirements will follow the Agile software development process, which means that development and testing is performed in short, 3-week "sprint" cycles. During each sprint, developers work on specific tasks and requirements and at the end of the sprint, the team reviews the results with the steering committee for feedback. This process allows for ongoing continual refinement of the application so that it meets overall requirements and accessibility standards by the end of the process.
Development Cycles
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Development of the International Application will follow the development cycles described below; however, changes should be expected and we can not guarantee any dates released regarding development, planning, testing or release.
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The IA development work will not be scheduled for every sprint. When an IA ticket is developed in an upcoming sprint, the Steering will be informed and maybe contacted for requirements review or testing.
Pre-release Development Schedule
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Annual Update Cycle: After the International Application is released to students, future development will align to the CCCApply annual update cycle, which means that changes and improvements/additions to the application will be developed throughout the year and released annually in conjunction with the Annual Update (usually end of Feb, beginning of March).
( Steering Committee & sub-committee, eventually stakeholders will be all colleges using the International Application.)
Adoption Notes:
- 40+ colleges have expressed interest in implementing the International Application as soon as it becomes available;
- Colleges that have implemented the CCCApply standard application are approved to implement IA;
- The implementation effort is less extensive than the Standard application; many components are already in place;
- All colleges will be invited to the development "previews" throughout the year;
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