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| Company's Contributions – Technology Projects |
Aboriginal Canada Portal
Lotus Notes/Domino
- Creation and implementation of the entire Portal Publishing, Links and Content Management Solution.
- Design of Lotus Notes databases (Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show, Job Centre Tool, Aboriginal Connectivity Survey, various survey databases, Central Feedback database, Link Search database, etc).
- Database administration: creation and maintenance of person documents, groups, and Access Control Lists (ACL); creation and maintenance of user id files and accounts.
- Lotus Notes and Domino development and programming (LotusScript, Formula language, JavaScript).
- Server installation, administration, configuration, security and general maintenance.
- Oracle 8i and Lotus Notes data integration for community profiles (using LEI and LSX).
Verity
- Installation and integration of Verity into the server environment.
- Administration, configuration, security and general maintenance.
- Creation of Verity collections and search pages.
- Design, coding and testing of the search engine functionality.
- Creation of batch files that interact with the Verity spider to facilitate the re-indexing of the Web site.
- Creation of ASP functions and library for Verity K2.
Web Site Development
- Creation of Web pages (HTML, JavaScript, Cascading StyleSheets, XML, XHTML, DHTML).
- Organization and presentation of most of the pages contained in the different Web sites.
- Design of first and subsequent prototypes.
- Formulation of recommendations on the testing, design, organization and presentation of the Web site and content pages.
- Testing and quality control of the Web applications and Lotus Notes databases.
- Graphic design.
- Implementation of the Web sites, using the Federal Identity Program, Treasury Board's Common Look and Feel and accessibility guidelines.
- Troubleshooting.
Documentation
- Wrote a documentation manual of over 130 pages for the Portal Publishing, Links and Content Management Solution, including a comprehensive table of contents, graphics, screen captures and examples.
- Creation of full documentation manual on how to use the different Lotus Notes databases, enter data and create documents.
Project Management
- Management of the technical team.
- Preparation and updates of project plans.
- Coordination between technical developers, management and content personnel.
- Participation in meetings and brainstorming sessions to identify client needs.
- Participation in joint analysis and design (JAD) sessions.
- Evaluation of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf software (COTS).
Other
- User support.
- Training of team members.

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Business Start-Up Assistant
Lotus Notes/Domino
Web Site Development
- Creation of Web pages (HTML, JavaScript, Cascading StyleSheets, XML, XHTML, DHTML).
- Organization and presentation of most of the pages contained in the Web site.
- Design of first and subsequent prototypes.
- Complete redesign of BSA Version 2, with considerations given to Treasury Board's Common Look and Feel and accessibility guidelines.
- Formulation of recommendations on the testing, design, organization and presentation of the Web site and content pages.
- Testing and quality control of the Web applications and Lotus Notes databases.
- Graphic design.
- Troubleshooting.
Documentation
- Wrote a documentation manual of over 130 pages for the Portal Publishing, Links and Content Management Solution, including a comprehensive table of contents, graphics, screen captures and examples.
- Creation of full documentation manual on how to use the various associated Lotus Notes databases, enter data and create documents.
- Creation of documentation regarding how the different applications would react to the Lotus Notes R5 migration.
Project Management
- Preparation and updates of project plans.
- Coordination between technical developers, management and content personnel.
- Participation in meetings and brainstorming sessions to identify client needs.
- Participation in joint analysis and design (JAD) sessions.
- Evaluation of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf software (COTS).
Other
- User support.
- Training of team members.

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Canadian Business Map
Lotus Notes/Domino
- Creation and implementation of the entire Portal Publishing, Links and Content Management Solution.
- Lotus Notes and Domino development and programming (LotusScript, Formula language, JavaScript).
- Development of an automated process that extracts data from a Legacy System and transforms it into a useable format for publishing to the Web.
Web Site Development
- Creation of Web pages (HTML, JavaScript, Cascading StyleSheets, XML, XHTML, DHTML).
- Organization and presentation of most of the pages contained in Web site, including the special section "STAT-USA Market Research Reports".
- Design of first and subsequent prototypes, with considerations given to Treasury Board's Common Look and Feel and accessibility guidelines.
- Formulation of recommendations on the testing, design, organization and presentation of the Web site and content pages.
- Testing and quality control of the Web applications and Lotus Notes databases.
- Graphic design.
- Troubleshooting.
Documentation
- Wrote a documentation manual of over 130 pages for the Portal Publishing, Links and Content Management Solution, including a comprehensive table of contents, graphics, screen captures and examples.
- Wrote a complete user guide manual for the update of the "STAT-USA Market Research Reports" pages.
Project Management
- Preparation and updates of project plans.
- Participation in meetings and brainstorming sessions to identify client needs.
- Participation in joint analysis and design (JAD) sessions.
- Evaluation of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf software (COTS).
Other
- User support.
- Training of team members.

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Business Gateway Clusters
- Successfully migrated the Business Gateway Cluster Web sites (all bilingual) from their original technology to Alika's Portal Publishing, Links and Content Management Solution.
- Managed the whole migration process with the different teams involved.
- In charge of the migration project plan.
- Established all the steps that were required for a successful migration.
- Conducted several joint analysis and design (JAD) sessions with the different clients.
- Participated in meetings to determine the migration process and schedule.
- Involved in technical aspects of the migration of the code, the migration of the existing content and the full set up of the new Lotus Notes databases.
- Provided training to all the teams on their new Content Management system.
- Provided technical support to the different users, after their Web sites were migrated to the new system.
- Wrote a documentation manual of over 130 pages, including a comprehensive table of contents, graphics, screen captures and examples.

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User Polling, Survey and Report Generating Tool – Tool's Specifications
General Features:
- Real-time report generation
- Customized elements can be changed individually or globally
- Embedded dynamic smart-text in the report (database metrics and mathematic calculations)
- Additional HTML can be added anywhere in the report
- Password protection on report results (optional)
- "Thank you" message for submissions (optional)
- Modular – the order in which individual report elements are displayed can be edited
- Ability to disable individual report elements
- Ability to choose margins or page width
- Can be used for surveys, polling or other types of reports
- English and French reports are created
Graph Features:
- Control the size of graphs (bar width, maximum height, etc.)
- Control the colour and width of the X and Y axes
- Choose from 12 different bar colours or generate a multi-colour graph
- Control the position of the graph (centred on it's own line, to the left of associated text, or to the right of the associated text)
- Can generate both horizontal and vertical bar graphs
- Labels – display the number of users or the percentage of users
- Accessible – alternate text is generated for each of the graph's bars
- Control the text above and below the graphs
- Hide elements that are not required
- Include or exclude non-responsive submissions (blanks) when making calculations for graphs

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Business Gateway Extranet
- Creation of the database and design elements, using Lotus Notes/Domino technology.
- Lotus Notes/Domino programming (LotusScript, Formula language, JavaScript).
- Development of a dynamic calendar functionality.
- Development of a validation process for documents submitted over the Web.
- Development of a mechanism to submit attachments over the Web and automatically organize them for immediate use.
- Implementation of an easy-to-use publishing process.
- Implementation of an advanced Lotus Notes/Domino search function.

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Innovation Success Stories
- Design, development, testing, integration, implementation, maintenance and documentation of a bilingual Web-based application database for success stories, on a Lotus Notes/Domino platform.
- Design of the entire workflow.
- Creation of the databases and design elements, using Lotus Notes/Domino R5 technology.
- Creation of several Lotus Notes agents, using LotusScript programming.
- Translation of conceptual models and associated functional requirements, specifications and class/object diagrams into source code.
- Creation of data models and performing data analysis.
- Design of several Web pages, using HTML, Cascading StyleSheets and JavaScript.
- Design and management of the Web site content for each story.
- Meeting with the client on a regular basis to review the progress of the project.
- Conducting JAD sessions for collecting user requirements and developing application prototypes to support JAD sessions.
- Formulation of suggestions and recommendations, from the initial mock-up to the implementation of the final product.
- Writing a user guide and a technical specifications documentation manual.
- Creation, maintenance and review of design documentation for the Lotus Notes Web-based application.

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Innovation Policy Intranet and Extranet
- Meeting with the client to identify and analyze needs.
- Preparation of an implementation plan for the development of the Web sites.
- Lotus Notes/Domino programming (LotusScript, Formula language, JavaScript).
- Implementation of an "archive" and a "what's new" functionality.
- Implementation of an advanced Lotus Notes/Domino search function.

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Strategis and Government On-Line Projects
Lotus Notes (R4.6 and R5)
- Lotus Notes and Domino development and programming (LotusScript, Formula language, JavaScript).
- Implementation and creation of entire publishing processes, including HTML checking and validation.
- Development of Web-based and Lotus Notes tools, such as:
- Remote Publishing tool;
- Contact us form application;
- Auto-generated site maps;
- Custom search engine functionality using HTML, JavaScript and LotusScript to traverse the index;
- Link Checker;
- Mass editing tools;
- Community profile information gathering forms;
- Macro based smart icons for creating content;
- Geographical based contact lists.
- Data conversion.
Web Site Development
- Creation of Web pages (HTML, JavaScript).
- Organization and presentation of most of the pages contained in the different Web sites.
- Design of first and subsequent prototypes.
- Formulation of recommendations on the testing, design, organization and presentation of the Web sites.
- Testing and quality control of the Web applications and Lotus Notes databases.
- Graphic design.
- Troubleshooting.
Project Management
- Coordination between technical developers, management and content personnel.
- Participation in meetings and brainstorming sessions to identify client needs.
- Evaluation of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf software (COTS).
Other
- User support.
- Training for users and clients.
- Web site maintenance (link checking, updating content information).
- Answer client's feedback.

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