The SIS Project was implemented in seven launches from June 2015 to December 2016. From the beginning, the project was intentionally structured to coincide with the UC Berkeley student life cycle experience, beginning with fall semester 2016.
This schedule enabled the SIS Project team to optimize subject matter experts’ time and manage the impact of the change on campus. Each of the seven Go-Lives included five phases: design, configuration, system test, user acceptance testing, and ongoing support. Starting with Go-Live 5, SIS began additional “dot releases” (e.g., 5.1, 5.2, etc.) due to the sheer complexity of the new functionality.
Go-Live |
Area(s) Impacted |
Outreach & Design |
Configuration & Conversion |
System Testing |
User Acceptance & Training |
Release Date |
Go-Live 1 |
Outreach | January 2015 | April 2015 | May 15, 2015 | May 18, 2015 | June 2, 2015 |
Go-Live 2 |
Application Management | February 2015 | June 2015 | August 3, 2015 | August-September 2015 | August 18, 2015 |
Go-Live 3 |
Reading/Scoring and Graduate SIR | March 2015 | October 2015 | November 2, 2015 | November 15, 2015 | December 15, 2015 |
Go-Live 4 |
Financial Aid and Undergraduate SIR | March 2015 | November 2015 | December 7, 2015 | January 4, 2016 | February 2, 2016 |
Go-Live 5 |
Enrollment and Billing and Clearing | April 2015 | January 2016 | February 10, 2016 | March 1, 2016 | March 20, 2016 |
| Release 5.1 | April 3, 2016 | |||||
| Release 5.2 | April 17, 2016 | |||||
| Release 5.3 | May 1, 2016 | |||||
| Release 5.4 | May 15, 2016 | |||||
| Release 5.5 | June 5, 2016 | |||||
| Release 5.6 | June 26, 2016 | |||||
Go-Live 6 |
Disbursements and Refunds | April 2015 | June 2016 | June 15, 2016 | July 5, 2016 | August 1, 2016 |
| Release 6.0d | August 26, 2016 | |||||
Go-Live 7 |
Advising and Term Processing | April 2015 | June 2016 | July 1, 2016 | August 3, 2016 | September 19, 2016 |
| Release 7.1 | October 16, 2016 | |||||
| Release 7.2 | November 6, 2016 | |||||
| Release 7.3 | December 4, 2016 | |||||
| Release 7.4 | January 8, 2017 | |||||
| Release 7.5 | February 18, 2017 |