Environment Australia

The Client

Environment Australia advises the Commonwealth Government on policies and programs for the protection and conservation of the environment, including both natural and cultural heritage places. It also manages a number of major programs, the most significant of which come under the umbrella of the Natural Heritage Trust. These programs include Bushcare, Coasts and Clean Seas, the Endangered Species Program and Waterwatch. Environment Australia also administers environmental laws, including the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and a range of other Acts. It is also responsible for Australia's participation in a number of international environmental agreements.

The Challenges

Environment Australia commissioned SRA to examine the effectiveness of Oracle Portal to provide the following functionality:

• Bulletin Board - Post discussion topics and replies using a tree mechanism;
• Job Posting - Allow jobs to be posted and completed, showing statues of jobs and reports showing open jobs and priority;
• Room Booking - Keep track of room bookings via a calendar interface. Also produce a report to show room availability.

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The Solution

The result was the portal Proof of Concept project. The following screen shots show how each objective was met.

The main interface tied all objectives together providing reports and portlets to the sub-systems.

The Technology

Oracle 8i database
Oracle 9iAS Portal
Oracle 9i Application Server

The Services

Project Management
Requirements Definition
Technical Development
User Interface Design
System Documentation
Testing

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