Modified Presentation on Luminis Platform

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Modified Presentation on Luminis Platform

• This presentation is taken from a much longer one
  by SCT
• It shows the main elements of a portal (slides
  1-13) and outlines the implementation plan
  (slides 14-16).
• Product is called Platform by SCT, Portal by
  others
• The CMS is for the management of static public
  websites
• The Portal has a login, and based on the persons
  login, will present customized and interactive
  pages.
• We expect to start with student, faculty, Alumni
  and staff portals more will be added over time
• Some applications shipped with the portal may not
  be implemented, or may not be mandatory (e.g.
  their email client)
• Four Universities running the SCT Portals, and
  which have a guest login which lets you visit
  some parts of the site, is shown on the final
  slide.

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Luminis features functionality Login page
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Pre-built Luminis channels
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Luminis features functionality Portal with
channelized content
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Luminis Channels for Banner 7.x(Financial Aid)
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Luminis Channels for Banner 7.x(Advancement)
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Luminis Channels for Banner 7.x(Finance)
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Luminis Channels for Banner 7.x(HR)
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Luminis features functionality Course schedule
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Luminis features functionality Banner
self-service access (default)
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Luminis features functionality webmail
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Luminis features functionality calendar
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Luminis Platform functionalityOnline group
homepage
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Luminis Platform ImplementationAssessment Phase

• Kick-Off
• Purpose / Value
• Key decision makers and executives come
  together to identify the goals and of the
  project, determine necessary resources, create
  the project definition and identify the Executive
  Sponsor and Project Manager. Establishing
  executive advocacy ensures the consistent
  deployment of resources and priorities. This
  process provides the project teams with the
  guidelines and direction necessary for a
  successful implementation.
• Activities
• Establish project vision and objectives
• Define project roles and responsibilities
• Establish the high-level project timelines
• Establish project definition
• Establish communication processes

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Luminis Platform Implementation Assessment Phase

• Organizational Information Gathering / Technical
  Planning
• Purpose / Value
• SCT Luminis consultants collaborate with the
  institutions project planning team and key
  stakeholders to gather organizational and
  technical requirements and dependencies for the
  implementation of Luminis. This activity makes
  use interviews, small-group interviews and focus
  groups to collect information that is then
  analyzed and distilled into technical approach
  and summary of findings and recommendations
  documentation for the scope of the project.
• Activities
• Gather user requirements and expectations from
  all constituent groups
• Interview key contributors, subject matter
  experts, and technical team members
• Identify high level data integration content
  requirements
• Identify process-related organizational impacts
• Make recommendations for global and phase project
  scope
• Identify technical requirements
• Determine technical options and planning approach

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Luminis Platform ImplementationPlanning Phase

• Content Planning
• Purpose / Value
• This activity inventories content needs with
  the institution and builds a content plan for the
  SCT Luminis Platform. Content Planning
  identifies critical policies and processes and
  identifies key content publisher roles and
  resources necessary to customize the portal.
• Activities
• Design site layout and content plan
• Plan SCT Luminis TM Platform content management
  strategy
• Identify roles and responsibilities for creating
  and managing content
• Determine processes for how and when content is
  published

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Luminis Platform ImplementationPlanning Phase

• Organizational Planning
• Purpose / Value
• Prepares the individual stakeholders and
  organizational entities that make up the
  institutions user roles to successfully
  navigate/use the Luminis Portal tools for
  communication, collaboration, training and a
  single point of access to support their role at
  the institution.
• Activities
• Identify organizational changes associated with
  use of Luminis
• Develop strategies for managing organizational
  change
• Identify communication and training needs
• Create a roll-out strategy
• Develop awareness/communication plan
• Develop training plan
• Develop metrics for evaluating project success
  (post-rollout)
• Draft Organizational Readiness Plan

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Luminis Platform ImplementationImplement Phase

• Installation
• Purpose/Value
• Provide the installed system (complete with
  planned integration elements) for the institution
  to use in both test and production environments.
• Activities
• Install, configure, and certify test instance of
  Luminis Platform
• Install, configure, and certify production
  instance of Luminis Platform

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Luminis Platform ImplementationTraining Phase

• Training
• Purpose/Value
• Familiarize individuals who will be working
  with the Luminis platform on the tools and
  techniques they need to support system and
  content administration, user training,
  installations, integration protocols and
  readiness to go live requirements to ensure a
  successful implementation.
• Activities
• System Administration Training
• Software Development Kit Training
• Content Administration Training
• Platform Product Certification Training (User
  Training)
• Luminis Platform Software test/production
  installations

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Luminis Platform Implementation Roadmap
Pre-KO Planning / Kick-Off / Sys Ed / Project
Scoping Technical Planning Workshop
Organizational Information Gathering Content
Planning Complete Content Matrix Organizational
Planning Complete Organizational Readiness
Plans System Administration Training/ SDK
Training Complete Luminis test install Content
Administration Training Set up default
layouts/add content Platform Product
Certification Training Train Luminis Portal
Users Complete Luminis Production
Install/technical validation Complete readiness
to go live review GO LIVE Re-Assess Activities
Month 1 Month 2 Month 2 Month 3 Month 3 Month
4 Month 4 Month 4/5 Month 5 Month 5/6 Month
6/7 Month 7 Month 8 Month 8/9 Month 9 Month
9 Month 12-18
SunGard SCT Consultant-facilitated activities
shown in BLACK Client-facilitated activities
shown in WHITE
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SCT Portal Clients with Guest Logins, Demos or
Tours

• Northeastern University (guest account)
• Plymouth State University (click on Demo)
• Colorado State University (click on Demo)
• Xavier University (click on Tour)