Refining My Activities
I thought I would give you another update on my products/projects. I am having some success at refining my activities to those that more directly apply to product management rather than project management. I have received a set of objectives from my management, and they specify the activities that I am to be engaged in. A more focused approach to specific product management work is needed in order for me to accomplish my objectives.
We are in the process of capturing requirements for directory services, or UMD, for authentication, and for authorization. A lot of development on UMD has taken place, and DirXML connections to HRE and other resource trees have been created. However, we need to take a step back and capture requirements. Authentication, authorization, and directory services (identity management) have been combined into one project. They are inextricably tied together anyway, so combining the projects just acknowledges that fact. We are moving with a sense of urgency. A lot of products/projects depend on this.
We have also made significant progress in determining what it would take to offer content management services through Teamsite. We are in contact with the vendor discussing an upgrade to version 5.52, which apparently will "solve all of our problems." It is supposed to run swimmingly on Solaris, Front Office should work, and it should eliminate the need for Samba shares by making calls through SOAP. In addition to the vendor, I am also in touch with local content management firms that have implemented Teamsite and can help me with a business case.
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