ALEPH Patch 7 Upgrade Timeline 
DATE                        
Event                                 
Who
 Notes                      
Nov. 6-7 Configure and repackage new client(s) MH  
Nov. 7 Public services to supply library hours for tab17 NA  
Nov. TBA OLIS training  MH/SLD  
Nov. 10th Staff begin to install new clients…or wait until Dec. 3rd ALL STAFF New clients can be installed at any time prior to testing. They are backward compatible.
Nov. 11 Complete backup of westaleph files to shared folder MH  
Nov. 12-Jan. 8th Freeze PROD table edits. Other PROD activity continues as usual MH/SLD

ALL STAFF

Changes can be made to tables, but will be erased when DEV tables are copied to PROD.  All edits need to be documented so they can be recreated after STP.
Nov. 12-21 DEV is down for upgrade    
Nov. 24-29 Thanksgiving week    
Dec. 1-2 Rep changes, preliminary testing of dev modules MH/SLD  
Dec. 3rd  10:30am-11:30am ALL staff meeting ALL STAFF New Client install demo, DEV testing assignments
Dec. 3 – Dec. 16th DEV is LIVE. Testing begins ALL STAFF Staff testing of modules begins
Dec. 16th DEV Testing reports are due ALL STAFF  
Dec? – Jan?

Timeline TBA

No-frames version of webopac customization? MH and Working Group Note: we will be able to run our old frameful version simultaneously with our new frameless webopac.
Jan. 5 ALEPH Implementation Team progress update meeting  MH, SLD, NA, KL  
Jan. 6 Update applied to PROD   PROD is frozen. We will be down (all day?). OFFLINE CIRC
Jan. 6 PROD goes LIVE.   Staff testing of PROD begins. STP after all reports are in.
Jan. 7th - 21 Winterim classes in session    
Jan. 26 Spring Classes begin