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LifeTime Fitness Member Management System (MMS) Project Timeline
Start Date Release Date Milestone Details
2000 MMS 1.0 Microsoft is abandoned and Sun/Java is chosen. MMS 1.0 design begins with Java architecture.
7/2000 MMS 1.0 Lead developer and lead tester depart. NA
9/2000 MMS 1.0 goes live in Illinois NA
10/2000 MMS 1.0 goes live in Ohio and Indiana NA
12/2000 BEA WebLogic problems Stability problems on Free BSD force project to Windows NT 4.0
1/2001 MMS 2.0 begins Development begins; goal is to solve potential stability and performance problems
2/2001 MMS 1.0 goes live in Virginia NA
3/2001 MMS 1.0 goes live in Michigan NA
7/2001 MMS 2.0 goes live in Minnesota Goes live also in clubs running MMS 1.0); localized image caches and Tomcat servlet servers are a part of this release.
fall 2001 MMS 3.0 goes live in all clubs, with minor look and feel changes.
1/2002 MMS 3.5 goes live in all clubs SOAP interface for time scheduling server is added
4/2002 MMS 4.0 goes live in all clubs, combining Web servers with BEA applications server; Tomcat servers are no longer required.
6/2002 MMS 5.0 goes live NA
4/24/2002 7/3/2002 Sales Force Automation Phase 1 > Pilot This is the implementation of Siebel's Sales Force Automation package. The client software runs on IE 5.5 and will be available on the Sales PCs. This will help the membership advisors track a member's history from guest to prospect, to member.
7/24/2002 8/3/2002 Sales Force Automation Phase 2 > Club Rollout NA
6/12/2002 9/4/2002 MMS Release 5.5 MMS Version 5.5 will provide a few small business improvements as well as several technical improvements.
7/30/2002 10/16/2002 MMS Release 5.6 MMS Version 5.6 is a technical release to upgrade from Weblogic 6.1 to Weblogic 7.0. This upgrade features expanded security, additional developer tools, as well as system administration enhancements.
7/3/2002 12/4/2002 MMS Release 6.0 MMS Version 6.0 is a release devoted to integrating other systems with MMS. Several additional business improvements, as well as technical improvements, are included in this release.
       

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