2023-2024 IPEDS Meeting minutes & Lessons

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Last updated: May 13, 2024
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Meeting minutes

Attendees

@Xiaoying Liu ,@Kevin Meleedy , @Brisey Lopez Bello , @Shruti Kumar, @Chirag Jain

Agenda

  1. Reflect on the 2024 IPEDS cycle.

  2. Document lessons learned in the form of Start, Stop, Continue. View latest version of the document here:  https://usf.app.box.com/file/1526811481241

  3. Discuss Next Steps on Approved items. 

Discussion

Attendees

@Xiaoying Liu ,@Kevin Meleedy , @Brisey Lopez Bello , @Shruti Kumar

Agenda

  1. Spring cycle-.

Discussion

Spring cycle- Final Review.

  1. HR survey- Work is Done from Chirag’s end. Survey is ready to be locked.

  2. All other surveys approved and ready to be locked.

  3. Xiaoying to lock surveys by April 3rd.

  4. Valeria recommended that for upcoming cycles, Adam signs off on the HR survey, treating this as an internal survey.

  5. Valeria also recommended that Shruti signs off on the data/surveys that are done by Xiaoying. Therefore final review meetings should be managed with the Directors.

  6. Valeria will be involved when items needs further review, escalation or major decisions need to be made. The team will communicate accordingly.

  7. Point 4, 5 and 5 will be reviewed during the Retrospective.

Attendees

@Xiaoying Liu ,@Kevin Meleedy , @Brisey Lopez Bello , @Shruti Kumar, @Chirag Jain

Agenda

  1. Spring cycle-.

Discussion

Spring cycle- Final Review.

  1. HR survey- Work is Done from Chirag’s end. Survey is ready to be locked.

    1. Kevin will send the sign off form by EOD. 3/20/204.

  2. Sign off documents are ready and will be completed before Chirag goes on vacation. March 23rd. - Kevin.

  3. Academic Libraries. - They provided data, Xiaoying reviewed to make sure that the survey has no errors. - Survey ready to be locked.

    1. Kevin to send sign off by EOD.

  4. Finance - Kevin to check on progress with the unit.

  5. Fall enrollment. - Xiaoying is still working with IT for the change that needs to be implemented regarding former students returning that are being excluded from the IPEDS survey. - Expected to be ready sometime next week. - Xiaoying needs to review what IT has done so far to outline potential changes that need further review/implementation. - Xiaoying to work with IT to finalize work by Wed March 27th, she will then have two more days to work on the survey. April 1st is final review.

General discussion.

  1. Team was reminded that we should CC PM and BA and all project communications.

Action items

  1.  

  2. Brisey to reach out to Chirag regarding the HR survey status and final review meeting. - Brisey, 01.10.2024 - DONE

  3. Shruti and Xiaoying to further review the issue regarding the Admissions survey. - 01.19.2024. - DONE.

  4. Create initiative and epics for documentation purposes only. - Brisey, 10.24.2023 - DONE

  5. Draft 12 months enrollment workflow and Completions. - Kevin, 10.31.2023 - DONE

  6. Draft IC Header workflow. - Kevin, 09.05.2023- DONE.

  7. Create Project Plan in Jira. - Brisey, 08.29.2023 - DONE.

  8. Setup bi-weekly meetings and final review meetings. - Brisey. - 08.29.2023 - Check on the final review for Fall, Winter and Spring. - DONE.

  9. Reach out to Valeria regarding Registration link. - Brisey, 08.09.2023 - DONE

  10. Review changes for upcoming cycle to further discuss with the team and communicate to IT. - Xiaoying, Chirag. 08.15.2023 - DONE. -

Attendees

@Xiaoying Liu ,@Kevin Meleedy , @Brisey Lopez Bello , @Shruti Kumar, @Chirag Jain

Agenda

  1. Spring cycle-.

Discussion

Spring cycle- Final Review.

  1. HR survey- On track to finalize work on March 15th. - Chirag.

  2. Sign off documents are ready and will be completed before Chirag goes on vacation. March 23rd. - Kevin.

  3. Academic Libraries and Finance- In Progress, no blockers identified. AL informed that they should be done by next Friday.

    1. Sign off documents ready for these.

  4. Fall enrollment - Xiaoying is working on it. - Working with IT. Former students returning that are being excluded from the IPEDS survey. - IT has to implement a change to fix this.

    1. Waiting on Valeria’s confirmation to make the change. - Xiaoying to email Valeria about this and CC Kevin and Brisey.

General discussion.

  1. Team had a conversation regarding the importance of keeping PM and BA appraised and looped in on every communication.

    1. Also discussed the importance of sharing detailed status on the project meetings regardless of the topic being discussed on internal team meetings.

Action items

  1.  

  2. Brisey to reach out to Chirag regarding the HR survey status and final review meeting. - Brisey, 01.10.2024 - DONE

  3. Shruti and Xiaoying to further review the issue regarding the Admissions survey. - 01.19.2024. - DONE.

  4. Create initiative and epics for documentation purposes only. - Brisey, 10.24.2023 - DONE

  5. Draft 12 months enrollment workflow and Completions. - Kevin, 10.31.2023 - DONE

  6. Draft IC Header workflow. - Kevin, 09.05.2023- DONE.

  7. Create Project Plan in Jira. - Brisey, 08.29.2023 - DONE.

  8. Setup bi-weekly meetings and final review meetings. - Brisey. - 08.29.2023 - Check on the final review for Fall, Winter and Spring. - DONE.

  9. Reach out to Valeria regarding Registration link. - Brisey, 08.09.2023 - DONE

  10. Review changes for upcoming cycle to further discuss with the team and communicate to IT. - Xiaoying, Chirag. 08.15.2023 - DONE. -

Attendees

@Xiaoying Liu ,@Kevin Meleedy , @Brisey Lopez Bello , @Shruti Kumar

Agenda

  1. Winter cycle-

Discussion

Winter cycle- Final Review.

  1. Fall Enrollment survey - Not started yet as Xiaoying has other ongoing projects.

    1. She will start working on this sometime in March. Target March 10th.

  2. External surveys - Kevin sent kick off email to the units. - He got confirmation from Academic Libraries about the work being started.

    1. Kevin to follow up with Finance to get status/progress.

  3. HR survey- Brisey confirmed with Chirag that work will start beginning of March so that the work can be finalized before he goes on vacation (March 21st). -

Action items

  1.  

  2. Brisey to reach out to Chirag regarding the HR survey status and final review meeting. - Brisey, 01.10.2024 - DONE

  3. Shruti and Xiaoying to further review the issue regarding the Admissions survey. - 01.19.2024. - DONE.

  4. Create initiative and epics for documentation purposes only. - Brisey, 10.24.2023 - DONE

  5. Draft 12 months enrollment workflow and Completions. - Kevin, 10.31.2023 - DONE

  6. Draft IC Header workflow. - Kevin, 09.05.2023- DONE.

  7. Create Project Plan in Jira. - Brisey, 08.29.2023 - DONE.

  8. Setup bi-weekly meetings and final review meetings. - Brisey. - 08.29.2023 - Check on the final review for Fall, Winter and Spring. - DONE.

  9. Reach out to Valeria regarding Registration link. - Brisey, 08.09.2023 - DONE

  10. Review changes for upcoming cycle to further discuss with the team and communicate to IT. - Xiaoying, Chirag. 08.15.2023 - DONE. -

Process Highlights- FOR PM/TEAM REFERENCE

Registration Cycle

  1. The Registration link is sent to the keyholder on the second Wednesday of August. Keyholder is required to share this with the team, since they don’t receive this information directly.

General

  1. We have dependencies from IT for all internal surveys, with the exception of Institutional Characteristics.

Lessons Learned

Financial Aid, Lesson Learned: Double check the questions with them before sending them out to IPEDS. The other option is having them outline the questions in a clear and proper way.

Provide them with clear dates to allow team to finalize sign off or anything.