CMS replacement project approved by OTAC

John and I presented the CMS/LMS replacement project to OTAC this morning, who approved the project and has asked me to create a scope document outlining the project in greater detail. I was also asked to include more operational details, such as communication with faculty, communication with the Deans of Instruction, ad cooperation with PSU since we have a 70% student transfer rate to them.

We discussed the options of putting out a RFI prior to, or instead of RFP to involve products and options that are immediately obvious.

Several members of OTAC were interested in how we will consider non-DL students since we also serve roughly 250-300 sections of campus-based courses a term. There's the possibility that our project will intersect with an ongoing campus contingency/continuity plan.

The next step is to start information gathering, and to work with TSS and a few other project leads who will be developing scope documents for assistance with the process.

All that being said, we're cleared for takeoff.