UM DART - Mac Compatibility

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

Donor and Alumni Relationship Tool (DART)

Apple Core PresentationApril 17, 2009

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

What is DART?• Donor and Alumni Relationship Tool –

based on Blackbaud Enterprise CRM

• Replacing the current Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

• Single business management system that integrates all facets of Development

• One-stop-shop for Development information

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

Why replace DAC?

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

How did we choose the product?

• Reviewed 3 other products– Oracle “Contributor Relations”– Blackbaud “Infinity”– SunGard “Advance”

• Blackbaud is the most forward looking product

• Technology platform fits with U-M

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

Who will be impacted?

• Development/fundraising workers – Faculty/Staff with DAC or EIS access– Departments storing donor/alumni

information in separate or redundant systems

• How many in your department are using Macs?

• How many of those are doing development work?

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

Will DART work for Mac users?

Not currently, but we hope that is changing

What we’ve been told:

•Infrastructure and tooling to support form delivery using W3C standards compliant HTML, CSS and javascript

•Building UIs to W3C standards so they work on all modern, A-grade browsers on all platforms, including Safari on Mac

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

What we know now:

• Blackbaud’s current BBEC application uses the .NET framework and requires Microsoft OS to run

• The application can be initiated with IE or Firefox which is supported on PC’s with a Plugin.

Replacing the Development, Alumni and Constituent (DAC) Database

Q & A

Larry ChaffeeDART Project Manager

lchaf@umich.eduPhone: 647 2911

www.mais.umich.edu/project_infocenter/dart_home