Prelim Working Doc for TIER Release Checklist

This wiki page is being used for preliminary planning purposes. It does not contain authoritative info on the TIER 2 release.

Currently this is a listing.  The goal is to turn it into a checklist later.

Approx contents of TIER Release 2

• Automated Build from Packaging WG project
  • need to verify versions of Grouper, COmanage, Shib
• New Consent Components (verify point of integration)
• Instrumentation features for TIER package and each component w monitoring process using Restful API's etc.
• TIER Deployment Guide - (starting with Grouper) - Proposal to present something at TechEx
• Swagger Documented Grouper-TIER-SCIM API
  
  

Project and Software Steps

• Complete the build test project that levvel.io is working on
  • Execute the draft test plan PaulC has developed
• Determine how release 2 will be made available to community
  • link to where the VM and Docker can be downloaded
• Review documentation received from levvel.io
• With  levvel.io, we write doc on procedures for obtaining and bringing up the package
• Integrate updated components and other software supporting instrumentation/monitoring and rebuild/test
• Integrate consent module(s) and rebuild/test

Communications Checklist for TIER Release 

Stay in contact with Internet2 MarCom Team regarding the release dates and communications.

Update or create these pages

• TIER Practice and Software Components page
  • http://www.internet2.edu/vision-initiatives/initiatives/trust-identity-education-research/tier-components/
• TIER Package Delivery Wiki page 
  • https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/TPD
• TIER Testbed page
  • https://testbed.tier.internet2.edu
• TIER Release One PDF (create a comparable doc for TIER Release 2?)
  • https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/download/attachments/97650445/Internet2%20Report%20TIER%20Release%20One.V20160416.Rev1.pdf
• Create new webpage for the production release?

Decide how to receive feedback on  the TIER Release

• Use a form like this again?
  • TIER Feedback on First Release:
  • https://docs.google.com/a/internet2.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclS8A0EFjz1m5wShgHr_AcaGVUEpWdQxZmfSjWd037QrgLyQ/viewform

Announcement emails to 

• tier-discussion 
• tier-architecture
• tier-adopters
• Internet2 Staff
• tier-investors
  
  

TIER Release Two Webinar?

TIER monthly newsletter

InCommon monthly newsletter

Social Media

• Twitter
• Facebook

Note on Timing for TIER Release 2

• Sept. 12, 2016 is goal to have the TIER package ready to demonstrate to working groups
• Likely not to push out to community until approximately two weeks later