This is the home page for the Client Support Services space. It organizes:
- list of CSS-specific projects we're all working on
- working versions of important central documents such as the Operating Plan, Managers Meeting Agendas, etc.
- development plans for shared resources such as the filespace on AFS
- documentation for important business processes.
0. Emergency contact info for CSS Managers
This page is limited-access to members of css-managers-list only. It has home phone and cell phone info for everyone on that list and is understood to be used only in emergencies.
1. List of Projects Underway in CSS
These projects are the ones not listed in the IS&T Project Database, http://itinfo.mit.edu/work
In the FY07 Q2 offsite, there was pushback against putting all our work into the project DB even with the minor project field set, as it could immediately elevate the visibility of certain work. Well.
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Project and Description |
Lead |
Plan Location |
Create Date |
Due Date |
Last Updated |
End Date |
Comments |
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1 |
Sharing Mgmt Documents among CSS Mgrs |
Abdenna |
none |
Sep 1, 2006 |
12/31/2006 |
12/18/2006 |
3/31/2006 |
Sharing mechanisms will be in use by end of Q3. Resource Model and other non-financial documents will be sourced from here. |
2 |
Measures for Managers |
Smyser |
|
ongoing |
6/30/2007 |
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6/30/2007 |
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2. Critical Documents Repository
CSS FY07 Operating Plan
See the attachments tab of this wiki page for the CSS07_working_plan.doc, whicih was updated by jfw in preparation for the Q2 offsite.
It is also available in the the ist locker, //afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/ist/org/css/managers/ -- use OpenAFS or SecureFX to browse there and get it.
CSS Calendar of Important Management Milestones
This draft Calendar for FY07 attempts a simple tabular view of the milestones we need to achieve and when they are due, for most or all of the major activities that affect the Managers. It is editable by everyone and contributions are encouraged.
Software Release Vendor Timeline
This document is prepared every so often by Jon Hunt on a quarterly-ish basis. The latest PDF version is attached to this page -- see the Attachments tab at the top of this window on the wiki.
Development Plans for Shared Resources
So far what we have here is an experiment in how this kind of wiki space can be used to really enhance the collaborative working style of the css-managers. To use the wiki is to experiment with use of the wiki.
CSS Networked File Space
This is the Working Plan for Shared Filespace, under development and to be reviewed at a CSS-managers meeting in September, 2006. It was fostered by an earlier discussion of Shared document models for CSS Management, starting with financial documents and the staffing resource model.
Documentation of Important Business Processes
The idea here is to document for everyone to see some of the idiosyncratic processes used to produce important objectives held in trust by CSS.
- Project database (itinfo) account creation
- Downloading simple software distribution stats. -- go to http://wserv.mit.edu/fcgi-bin/softcount?stats=1