fyi session for it developers at ut austin
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????? …Setting the Path for UT’s ERP Future
FYI sessionJune 14, 2006
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Agenda
• Current Environment• Industry Trends• Purpose• Project Details• Next Steps • What Can You Do?
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Current Environment
• Many other UT Institutions are considering ERP purchases
• UT System’s interest in Shared Services• Leadership Changes• Increased pressures to save $$$• Increased need for security• Best Practices• Knowledge Sharing
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Industry Trends
• Shared Services– Data Centers– Governance– Applications
• Financial• HR• SIS
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Purpose of Project
Comparatively analyze UT Austin Administrative IT systems, environment, dependencies, & strengths with major off-the-shelf ERP software packages and recommend a 5-10 year strategy to optimally posture the university's future administrative systems.
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Who’s Who
• Project Manager – Dana Cook• Steering Committee
– Mary Knight, Brian Roberts, Julien Carter, Renee Wallace, Fred Friedrich, Randy Ebeling, Floyd Self, Cathy Lester, Sheila Ochner, Shelby Stanfield
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Guiding Principles for Project
• Open• Fact-driven• Fluid• Non-threatening• Objective• On-time delivery
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Project Flow
• Review off-the-shelf ERP packages– PeopleSoft, SCT Banner
• Develop material for each area at UT Austin that is to be compared to ERP package
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What’s In?• If it is a feature or function
found in one of the ERP software packages, it is in.
• Examples include Budget, Payroll, HR, Purchasing, Accounting, Student Information Systems, Contracts and Grants and more!
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What’s A Maybe?
• There are many areas that are automated at UT Austin but it is not clear yet if they are present in the off-the-shelf ERP’s
• Example of services that *may* be included are auxiliaries – i.e. Parking and Transportation
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What’s Not In?
• Some things we know are not going to be present in the ERP’s
• Examples include General Libraries, College Administration, Instructional Technology, Innovation and Assessment and more…
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What’s needed for UT Austin Administrative Systems?
• Analyze and view our Financial, HR and SIS systems as a single UT Austin offering
• Document the costs, savings, benchmarking, features etc. for the existing UT Austin Administrative ERP
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Groups who will be involved• IT developers and leaders• Business area specialists/leaders• UT leadership• UT System• Other UT Institutions• Other peer Universities and
University Systems
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Timeline• July 21st – Have initial draft of UT
Administrative Systems Functionality completed; there will be a lengthy time period where this draft can be edited!
• November 21st – Comparative Analysis report due– What will it look like?
• Early December – Draft of Strategic Plan
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Next Steps
• Project website• Start ERP analysis & interviews• Talk to other institutions / research
their experiences and gain knowledge from them
• Start meetings with each area at UT Austin to develop comparative materials
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What Can You Do?
• Stay informed• Talk about the project within your
business area to raise awareness• Begin to think about what features,
reports, etc. your business area offers and work with your business area experts to begin cataloging these
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Questions and Comments