Campus Computing News

EIS Project Status*

The following information should bring you up-to-date in terms of the campus EIS project.

• June - July 2002

Completed the contracts with PeopleSoft, Inc. for Finance, Human Resources, Contributor Relations, and Student software and Ciber, Inc. for implementation consulting services. Phil Diebel is the EIS Steering Committee Chair with equal representation from UNT and the Health Science Center.

• August - November 2002

Introductory training of functional and technical staff to enable them to effectively participate in fit/gap analysis to compare UNT System business processes to PeopleSoft functionality. The output from this effort will be project plan and timeline to deliver the PeopleSoft components that are deemed to be highest priority for Phase I implementation.

• August - September 2002

Development of the Project Charter by UNT System and Ciber, Inc. This document contains key assumptions, goals, objectives, role descriptions, success points, scope, implementation strategy, project structure, management controls, and technical assessment. Reviewed by project management, product family leads, module leads, and the steering committee.

• September - November 2002

Establishment of PeopleSoft technical environment, including acquisition and configuration of Phase I of the computing equipment.

•  November - December 2002

Installation and certification of PeopleSoft applications software.

• September - December 2002

Configure EIS project facilities at UNT Research Park where approximately 60-70 people from UNT and the Health Science Center will be working on the implementation.

• January 2003

Begin implementation. Current thinking is that products will be implemented in the order below; however, it is possible that the fit/gap sessions could alter this tentative plan.

• Financial System

• Contributor Relations (Advancement) - concurrent with Financials but likely first in production

• Human Resources - including Payroll

• Student Administration

For more information see www.unt.edu/eis

* Information provided by EIS Co-Project Directors Joneel Harris, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management, and Coy Hoggard, Senior Director of Administrative Computing.