Activities

NAAUG Enhancement Request Process

Timetable  2005 - 2006

February 2005

Formation of the Enhancement Groups for Version 19

March - April 2005

Enhancement Groups gather and prioritize enhancement requests

April 15

Enhancement Groups submit their top 3-5 requests to the Enhancement Coordinator

May 1

Enhancement Coordinator sends the combined list of requests to Ex Libris for pointing

June 2005

Enhancements Chairs meet with Ex Libris (Carmit) at NAAUG 2005 to review pointed requests

July - August

Enhancement Groups refine their requests

September 1

Enhancement Groups send their final top 3 requests to the Enhancement Coordinator

September 15

Enhancement Coordinator announces the publication (on this website) of the final list of enhancement requests being proposed for Version 19

October 1

Voting begins on the enhancements for Version 19

November 15

Voting ends

November 30

Final votes tallied, reported to NAAUG and submitted to Ex Libris for FSD work

December 2005 to March 2006

Ex Libris works of specs for the Enhancements and delivers a FSD (Functional Specification Document - the proposed solution and how it will be developed) for each enhancement to the Enhancement Groups

April - May 2006

Enhancement Groups review and sign off on the FSD

June - September 2006

Ex Libris works to programme the Enhancement Requests

October - November 2006

Pre-release testing by NAAUG and signoff by the Steering Committee

January 2007

Enhancements delivered in the General Release of Version 19