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Kuali Financial Systems(KFS)
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Why Would a Trend Stop Short?
MVS, Solaris, DEC, XPMVS, Solaris, DEC, XP
DB2, Oracle, SQLServerDB2, Oracle, SQLServer
Apache; Tomcat; ZopeApache; Tomcat; ZopeWebSphere; BEA; OracleWebSphere; BEA; Oracle
Moodle; Sakai; KualiMoodle; Sakai; KualiSAP; PSFT/Oracle; SCT; BlackboardSAP; PSFT/Oracle; SCT; Blackboard
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Historical Trends with Open Source
Operating SystemsOperating Systems
DBMSDBMS
Web/Application ServersWeb/Application Servers
ApplicationsApplications
IU FIS
Current Release: 47.1 July 15, 2006
2 of these 47 releases were ‘disruptive’•shut down of system for extended period (> few hours)•major expense to campus (technical or functional)•major business process changes forced by software•significant retraining of users
Release 1: July 1, 1994
Release 27: June 10, 2000
Huh?
Loose Coupling
Decomposed (Non-Monolithic) Software Suites
Best of Breed ‘Services’
Non-ProprietarySoftware Solutions
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“Community source describes a model for the purposeful coordinating of work in a community. It is based on many of the principles of open source development efforts, but community source efforts rely more explicitly on defined roles, responsibilities, and funded commitments by community members than some open source development models.”
…. from www.sakaiproject.org
Community Source ProjectsContext
“Community source describes a model for the purposeful coordinating of work in a community. It is based on many of the principles of open source development efforts, but community source efforts rely more explicitly on defined roles, responsibilities, and funded commitments by community members than some open source development models.”
…. from www.sakaiproject.org
Community Source ProjectsContext
KFS
• Community Source• Comprehensive
– Any Carnegie Class institution; Community College to R1
– e.g. Indiana University• 2 R1 campuses• 6 smaller campuses
• Internal Controls
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How is Kuali Similar to or Different From Other Higher Education Software?
• By, Of and For Higher Education;– Will not work well in private sector– User centric
• Source code is available:– No license fee;– Perpetual license;– Change as you see fit;– Can share openly with others;
KFS Founding Partners
• Started with Six Institutional Founding Partners
• NACUBO and The rSmart Group are Founding Partners
On 7/8/06, a new
Investing Partner joined
Context
Governance
• KFS Board– Voting member from each Institution– NACUBO and r-smart– Chair from Indiana– Extended Board
• Project Manager– Developers from each Institution
• Functional Council– Members from each Institution– NACUBO and The r-Smart Group– Subcommittees
Continuity
Governance/cont’d
• Kuali Foundation– Ongoing governance– Supports other Kuali initiatives
• Kuali Partners Program (www.kuali.org)– Membership based – Commercial Affiliates
Continuity
Kuali Financial System
• Phase I Deliverables (Oct 2006)• Chart of Accounts• Financial Transactions/General Ledger• Kuali Nervous System (KNS)• Kuali Enterprise Workflow (KEW)
• Phase IIA Deliverables (July/September 2007)• Accounts Payable/Purchasing• Budget Construction• Labor Ledger• Research Administration/Grants & Contracts
• Phase IIB Deliverables (April/June 2008)• Accounts Receivable• Capital Assets Management System
Kuali Financial System Release Schedule
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