Student Services Transformation
Updates
- August 22, 2008 The Student Services Transformation project is moving into the implementation phase. We have finalized our project team membership and have successfully negotiated contracts with Oracle and CIBER, Inc. for software and consulting services.
In July we held meetings with the project team and several campus constituents to begin drafting the Project Charter document, which involves outlining our goals and objectives, and identifying potential risks to the project. These groups also participated in a Project Charter Validation session. | See presentation.
The first of several fit/gap sessions - the process of modeling UB’s business practices to the software – is scheduled to begin this week. These sessions, which will involve representatives from throughout the campus community, will continue through the end of the fall 2008 semester. The result of these preparations will be a detailed blueprint that will define how PeopleSoft will be configured to meet UB’s needs, and will set forth timeframes for testing, training, and roll-out of the software.
We would like to thank the entire campus community for its continued support of the Student Services Transformation project, an integral part of the UB2020 initiative. We understand that the success of this project is linked to our dedicated faculty and staff who will be participating in various meetings and sessions over the next several months.
We welcome your feedback at ub-sst@buffalo.edu.
- July 1, 2008 The implementation phase of the Student Services Transformation is poised to begin in early July. This represents a major step forward in our ongoing efforts to transform our academic support services and campus infrastructure in support of UB’s vision to become a model public research university for the 21st century.
After a semester of productive contract negotiations, UB has reached agreements with Oracle for PeopleSoft Campus Solutions software and CIBER Inc. to provide systems integration consulting services for the Student Services Transformation project.
Many staff members throughout the campus have invested a great amount of effort in bringing us to this significant milestone, and we would like to extend our thanks and appreciation for their participation and support.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the entire campus community for their commitment in staffing. The membership of the Student Services Transformation project team has been finalized; a list of project team members can be found on the project membership page. We have a strong campus team positioned to participate in this endeavor, and we look forward to working together in bringing fundamental changes to the ways that we provide student services.
The first phase of implementation—project planning—will commence when the CIBER consultants arrive at UB later this month. We will engage a number of campus constituencies in the planning process, which will include development of communications and training plans, a detailed timeline, and the other strategies needed to guide us to success. In late summer and early fall, we will begin our fit/gap sessions, which will engage representatives from across the university in mapping our business needs to PeopleSoft’s Campus Solutions software.
As the project progresses, we will continue to provide you with frequent updates. We welcome your feedback at ub-sst@buffalo.edu.
We look forward to engaging the campus as we move forward, and we hope that you share in our excitement for the improvements that we can achieve.
- April 11, 2008 Over the last several months, the campus has been engaged in the Student Systems Assessment Project to identify the needs of the campus to improve the delivery services for students, faculty and staff. These efforts have culminated with the decision to implement PeopleSoft’s student information system, Campus Solutions and to commence the Student Services Transformation Project. Details
The Student Services Transformation is a university-wide initiative and continued support from the campus community is a necessary element to this project. Please feel free to forward comments and questions to us at ub-sst@buffalo.edu.