ASSIST: Next Generation
Making a New ASSIST a Reality
CIAC Conference - San Diego, CA
April 22 and 23, 2010
Shawn Brick, Glenn Dunkle, Bob Quinn
Next Gen: Presentation Agenda
ASSIST Overview and Introductions
 ASSIST: Next Generation History
 Next Generation Project Plan
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◦ Funding
◦ Scope
◦ Timeline
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Consultation Plan
◦ Workgroups
◦ Other opportunities for feedback
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Questions
Next Gen: ASSIST Overview
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ASSIST is intersegmentally funded and managed
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Executive Management and Oversight Committee
(EMOC)
◦ CSU
◦ CCC
◦ UC – (fiscal agent for ASSIST)
◦ Jim Blackburn (CSU)
◦ Jeff Spano (CCC) (EMOC Chair for 2009-10)
◦ Sue Wilbur (UC)
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Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
◦ Rick Fletcher (CSU)
◦ Bob Quinn (CCC)
◦ Jane Meyer (UC)
Next Gen: ACS
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ACS: ASSIST Coordination Site
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Glenn Dunkle – New ACS Manager
Art Gross – Contractor for Next Generation RFP
Established ACS staff remain on board
ACS seeking a programming lead
Next Gen: History
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ASSIST started in mid-1980’s
In 2008, it was recognized that ASSIST needed
upgrading
◦ Visioning committee
◦ Goal is a robust, flexible, extensible database
◦ Laying the foundation for future enhancements
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August 2009 Meeting of Executive Sponsors
◦ Commitment to co-equal funding of ASSIST
◦ Unanimous support to initiate the Next Generation
project
Next Gen: Climate for Change
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Support for investment in ASSIST
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UC Commission on the Future
Inter-Segmental Transfer Task Force
Numerous research papers
Legislative hearings on the Master Plan
CA Education Roundtable
State-wide attention on articulation and transfer
Business plan estimating costs in hands of
Executive Sponsors
◦ CCC committed over half of their estimated contribution
◦ UC, CSU in the approval process
◦ Estimated costs = $2.7M
Next Gen: Scope - What it is… and is not
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Next Generation project is to:
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Create a robust, extensible database
Streamline processes
Modernize technology
Ability to feed other academic systems
At this time, Next Generation is NOT to:
◦ Create or host campus specific tools
◦ Simply recreate what it can do today
Next Gen: Consultation,
Consultation
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RFP Work Sessions planned with representatives
appointed by all three segments
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Articulation Professionals
Transfer Advising Professionals
Admissions Evaluators
Technology Experts
Transfer Bound Students
Third Party Solution Providers
Consultation does not end there…
◦ Updates available via website and bi-annual CIAC
conference
◦ Community involved in RFP response review
◦ Community involved in implementation
Next Gen: Requirements Lite (Less
Filling…)
Software Development Life Cycle
Project
Initiation
Testing
Design
Project
Plannin
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Implementation
Maintenance
Requirements
We are here!
Next Gen: Project Timeline
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April, May, June – RFP Requirements Gathering
July – Draft Request for Proposal (RFP)
August – Final RFP, Distribute to Software
Providers for Bid
September through December – Review of RFP
Responses
Implementation 2011 - 2012
Next Gen: Q & A
Questions now
 Questions later
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Glenn Dunkle: glenn@assist.org
Bob Quinn: bquinn@cccco.edu
Shawn Brick: shawn.brick@ucop.edu
Provide your feedback directly: fyi@nextgen.assist.org
Link to public Next Gen stuff:
http://info.assist.org
◦ Documents
◦ FAQs & Feedback email link