## FSIS Re-design

## Weekly Status -- March 11^th^, 2004

**Tasks completed this week:**

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-   Continued testing and defect fixing of the 384 pages defined as in
    scope for phase I.

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-   Provided feedback and approval of extension content development
    submissions -- 68 submitted, 33 approved (see content approval
    tracker below).

-   Continued adding content to the vRep tool. A total of 811 questions
    and 98 categories exist in the tool and 157 questions were approved.

-   Met with Lisa Picard, Keith Payne, and Natalie Illum to finalize
    details and gain additional information on the marketing and
    communications effort.

-   Completed draft of marketing and communications plan based on ideas
    and suggestions captured in the marketing and communications
    strategy session. Awaiting comments on the document before sending
    out to all attendees of the strategy session.

-   Initiated creation of marketing and communications materials: web
    promos, HTML email, and postcard based on feedback received in the
    marketing and communications strategy session.

-   Initiated updates to the FSIS style guide to be consistent with the
    latest version of the USDA web presence style guide.

-   Met with Linda Eckrich to review an HTML/ASP page creation
    checklist. Checklist will be used in future training sessions with
    field employees and web team members.

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**Tasks for next week:**

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-   Complete testing and defect fixing the 288 pages defined as in
    scope.

-   Complete development and testing of the 75 pages additional to the
    288 defined as in scope.

-   Initiate development of 76 pages defined as in scope for the
    extension.

-   Provide feedback and approval on content development submissions.

-   Finalize HTML/ASP page creation checklist.

-   Complete re-direct strategy document and review with Linda Eckrich.

-   Design marketing and communications materials: web promos, HTML
    email, and postcard.

-   Begin development of the pre-production staging environment.

-   Schedule time in the FSIS Computer Learning Center for trainees to
    complete additional exercises and apply the knowledge learned in
    training to HTML/ASP page creation.

-   Notify participants of User Acceptance Testing, to be held the week
    of March 22. Identify areas of the site that require the review of
    program area representatives.

-   Resolved the following vRep issues:

    -   Tangie Allen is now performing daily rebuilds of the vRep. This
        has resolved\
        some of the difficulties encountered during the content approval
        process and has allowed the rate of approvals to accelerate.

    -   Related Questions are now displaying in the web interface.

    -   Last line of defense functionality is now working. Content
        should be updated by the hotline for the 3 messages that are
        displayed when the vRep cannot answer the user's question.

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> **Issues:**

-   Awaiting USDA web presence approval from Kim Taylor and Eva Cuevas
    on the new FSIS mastheads.

-   Awaiting diagram of production environment from James Hughes.

-   Nightly backups of the dchqdev3 server were not being taken because
    the backup software was not installed or configured. James Hughes
    will install and configure the backup software on dchqdev3.

-   Need to finalize an internal FSIS final content approval process for
    all pages with new content on the re-designed site. This process
    will be followed during the User Acceptance Test the week of March
    22.

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-   Working with Native Minds on a daily basis to resolve bugs with the
    vRep tool. The following are the open issues :

    -   High Priority: The vRep Reporting tool is not functioning and
        conversations are currently not being recorded.

    -   When related questions display in the VMS testing view, the
        links to related questions run off the page.

    -   Users with Content Admin access are not able to approve
        questions. Workaround: Content Admin users have been given VMS
        Admin access in order to approve questions.

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