Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:REEport Site Administrators at Land Grant institutions needing assistance with transition to REEport, independent grantees not yet familiar with REEport, and the REEport development team. Changes/Problems:We requested a no-cost exension for the purpose of responsibily closing out this long-running project which had been actively hosting the primary reporting system for CSRS, then CSREES, then NIFA over the past 25 years. The PD role was reduced to 10% as professional staff carried out the required disposition of equipment, records, backups, manuals, and various other materials and supplies accumulated over 25 years. The work has been completed as described. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The web site was taken down but we hosted redirection instructions until July, 2015. Email was sent to all CRIS site contacts that had been using the system announcing the end of service. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The CRIS Forms Assistance web application which concluded with this award, has a 25 year history. It began in 1989 as an optional standalone PC application, progressed to a network version, then a web based version in 1995, and soon became the required reporting mechanism for SAESs. The system was expanded to include competitive grants, forest service reporting, and Extension project reporting. We provided design and development, secure hosting, and user support. The application was replaced by REEport in stages over the period of this award. During the final year we assisted Site Administrators with their transition to REEport as well as independent grantees who had previously contacted us for support. We developed a decommissioning plan for the web application, data archival procedures, and equipment disposition. We tested new modules and documentation for the REEport development team and reported errors. We also summarized in a document for the REEport development team, what we had found to be the most important issues not yet addresssed in REEport, provided clear explanation of why the issues were important, and made suggestions for solving them. We continued to support transition to REEport as Site Administrators encountered questions and problems. We provided data to sites needing a format not provided in REEport or Enterprise Search, and continued this work during the no-cost extension period. During that time, the decommissioning plan was carried out with disposition of all equipment according to University requirements. Archival procedures were put in place for the requisite 3-year period.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience:REEport Site Administrators at Land Grant institutions needing assistance with transition to REEport, independent grantees not yet familiar with REEport, and the REEport development team. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?phone and email What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will carry out the decommissioning plan and properly archive and dispose of all data, documentation, equipment, and systems (hardware and software) developed over the 25 years of this project. We will continue to monitor unresolved problems in REEport and assist users and developers as requested.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The CRIS Forms Assistance web application was replaced by REEport in stages over the past 2 years, the financial module being finally deployed in October, 2014, and the search and output functions added March, 2015. Our application was disabled at that time and we hosted an informational message until June 30, 2015. During the year we assisted Site Administrators with their transition to REEport as well as independent grantees who had previously contacted us for support. We developed a decommissioning plan for the web application, data archival procedures, and equipment disposition. Explanation and screen shots of all the CRIS web forms output reports were provided to the REEport development team when requested in December. We tested the new module and reported errors. We also summarized in a document what we had found to be the most important issues not yet addresssed in REEport, provided clear explanation of why the issues were important and made suggestions for solving them. We continue to support transition to REEport as Site Administrators encounter questions and problems.
Publications
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
http://cwf.uvm.edu
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