Month: August 2017

  • First Banner 9 Modules to Go PROD on 9/1

    After many long months of planning and many long hours of behind-the-scenes work, the Banner 9 project is ready to hit its big first milestone. Four major Banner modules will be installed on their production server on Sept. 1.  The Banner 9 Advancement, Banner Document Management System (BDMS), General, and Student modules have been tested…

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  • I need to report something about a Banner 9 project. Who do I call?

    The Banner 9 project is a big, complex beast with many moving parts. In formal project management lingo, we call it a “program” made up of many “projects.” Some of the work we are doing is for the “program” – like setting up the Dev, Test, and Prod versions. (See earlier post to learn what Dev/Test/Prod…

  • Dev, Test, Prod – Oh, My!!

    So if you are in meetings with software developers or other technical folks you might have heard the terms “Dev, Test, Prod” thrown around. What do they mean and why should it matter? Following best practices, when IT technicians stand up a new service or make significant changes to an existing service in the data…