The Patriot Project

Banner Student Implementation

Why Replace SIS?

• Resides on an end-of-life mainframe

• Registers, grades, and bills only on a traditional semester basis

• Lacks the capability to process web-based application, registration, and payments

Revolutionizing Administrative Systems

• More flexible technology

• USERS RULE!

What kind of user are you?

• Back-office user Internet native application

• End user Self-service products

Target Dates

Component GO LIVE Date

Admissions

Self-Service for Students (Admissions)

August 2003

Financial Aid

Self-Service for Students (Financial Aid)

January 2004 – April 2004

Registration/Student Accounts

Self-Service for Students (Registration and Student Accounts)

Self-Service for Faculty and Advisors

April 2004

Degree Audit September 2004

Implementation Teams

TEAM TEAM LEADER

Admissions Fran Herrity

Financial Aid Erik Melis

Registrar Susan Jones

Student Fiscal Services Donna Groat

Technical Barbara Yablonski

Training TBA

IRR Laura Phelps

Approach

Teams define how module will work

SCT trains implementation teams

Teams convert data and test module

Teams train end users

GO LIVE

Success Factors

• Essential student functionality• New self-service capabilities• Best practices• Privacy• Security• Performance• Trained users• On time and within budget

Communication

• Patriot Project web site - http://www.gmu.edu/PatriotProject/

• Town hall meetings

• Teams and committees

• Student and faculty advisory groups

Joy Hughes

Vice President

for Information Technology and CIO

Shared Person Table

StudentSystem

HumanResource

Finance(Vendors)

GeneralPerson

FinancialA id

Grants(Agency)

Real-time checking of Pre-requisites for Registration

• May be defined by:– Student level

– College

– Classification

– Major

– Program

– Degree

– Test Score

• Can check:– Equivalent Courses

– Course Ranges

– Groups of Courses

– Test scores

– Minimum Grade point average in a group of pre-requisite courses

– In-progress Courses

Pre-requisite Example

• Have taken ENGL 110 and earned at least a C or scored at least 500 on the SAT Verbal Test:

Set Sub Subj Crse Crse Req Req Min Test Min Max Set Low High Crd Crs Grd

A10 010 ENGL 110 1 C

A10 015 S01 500 800

Pre-requisite Example2

• Have taken 15 credits or 5 courses in lower-level English with a GPA of 2.5 and no single grade lower than a C in the used courses:

Area General Requirements: 2.5GPA

Detail Requirements:

Subj Crse Crse Req Connect Req Min

Low High Crd Crs Grd

ENGL 100 299 15 or 5 C

Shared VISA Codes HR and Student

Self Service Registration

Self-Service Class Search

Self-Service Registration

Student Registration Form

We’ll All Be Changing

• Staff in functional offices will be writing rules, specifying processes, and maintaining tables.

• Students, faculty and staff will be using new self service and work flow processes.

• Programmers will be managing data warehouses and sophisticated report generators rather than writing COBOL code.

“May you live in interesting times”

Jim Dye

Account Consultant

Professional Services, SCT

Beth Brock

Project Leader

Banner Finance and HR

HR/Finance Update

Component Status

Finance System Go live July 1, 2002

(next Monday)

Training for Finance System users Ongoing from June 18 through August 2

Training on electronic time entry for all faculty and staff

Parallel payroll tests

October 2002

November and December 2002

Human Resources System Go live January 1, 2003

Questions?

Wendy Payton

Director of Special Projects

for the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

MSN 3A2

3-8679

wpayton@gmu.edu