Hi all,
I just wanted to send along an update on MassLNC's efforts to bring in a
consultant to conduct a software performance evaluation of Evergreen. I
plan to begin the process of getting quotes from potential consultants
on Monday. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the list of
performance issues at
http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:testing:performance_issues.
There is still time to add concerns/questions/ideas to the page if we
missed anything. I also still welcome any feedback to the RFP draft
posted at
http://www.evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:testing:performance_draft_rfp.
Rogan Hamby from SC LENDS and Sharon Herbert from SITKA have agreed to
help me and other staff from MassLNC member consortia (C/W MARS, MVLC
and NOBLE) with the selection of a consultant(s). Thank you Rogan and
Sharon! If there are others who are interested in helping with the
selection of the consultant(s), please let me know. In particular, since
the results of the evaluation may lead to discussions on future
development decisions, I would love to hear from other developers (we
already have some developers from MassLNC consortia who will be
involved) or from people who have any experience with software
performance evaluation tools or processes.
I also would be interested in hearing from any potential funding
partners for this evaluation. At this time, I don't need firm
commitments since we don't know what the final cost of the project will
be. However knowing what the potential funds are will help us determine
what we can afford as we review proposals. MassLNC is committed to
contributing funds to this evaluation and will have some grant funds
available to put towards the project. However, we also would like to
have funds available when the evaluation is over to put towards the
subsequent performance improvements we hope to see.
Thanks everyone!
Kathy
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Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
[email protected]
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
