IT Glossary of Terms

Work is blocked until a third party vendor (non-UMSO and non-Campus party) provides an update or more information

Storage repository on a cloud platform
 

Online access to self-service tools for students, faculty, and administrators at Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell.

Manage study abroad requests

Apache Subversion is a software versioning and revision control system distributed as open source under the Apache License. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.
 

System used by all campuses for managing international students 
 

A SWOT analysis is a decision making tool that can help you identify key facets of your project. SWOT is an acronym that stands for: Strengths, Weaknesses, 
Opportunities, Threats
 

Synchronous web service in PeopleSoft are the typical “request/reply” message style where some code executes on the providing server while the client waits for a response. The client sends the “request” and “waits” until it gets a reply. This is very different from the asynchronous model.
 

Travel Authorization
 

Analytics software for collecting and viewing data on dashboards and charts
 

a date which project resources strive towards for completion of the activity.
 

a task is an activity that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time or by a deadline to work towards project related goals.
 

The data that has been entered into the system for testing purposes
 

a written set of instructions that need to be executed on the application to test that the application funtions as expected.
 

Progress Testing software used primarily for Data Loading by Finance and HR
 

Tiles provide a new PeopleSoft navigational and informational structure. Tiles allow users a quick way to perform routine tasks, such as decision making or monitoring. Tiles give users direct access to targeted transactions.
 

System for faculty, staff and students to register travel - used by Presidents Office and all 5 campuses
 

Trees depict hierarchical structures that represent a group of summarization rules for a particular database field
 

TreeMover moves all types of tree data, including the tree definition, tree structure, tree nodes, tree leaves, tree node data, and tree level data. 
 

A computer program that appears to have a useful function, but also has a hidden and potentially malicious function that evades security mechanisms, sometimes by exploiting legitimate authorizations of a system entity that invokes the program.
 

Correlation of user records from multiple authoritative sources to create a unique/single identity for that user with consolidated data from all sources.  Maintains consolidated record as changes take place in the source systems to the reconciled data. 
 

Total Supplier Management - Module within Buyways to create and update suppliers
 

TypeScript is a strongly typed programming language that builds on Javascript. Typescript transpiles into Javascript.
 

UMBOS uses UAchieve for all transfer credit rules and degree audits.  UITS hosts this third party application. When UMBOS students select degree audit in student center, they are sent to UAchieve page with in a page frame
 

User Acceptance Test (UAT) is the process of completing the final validation of required business functions and flow of the system by end users based on business requirements. It is also an opportunity for the project to engage additional sets of end users in the project prior to deployment and test the effectiveness of the training and documentation.
 

University Information Technology Services
 

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