Project ORION Resources
Project ORION draws on many university resources, including the faculty andstaff who have committed time and energy to the implementation process. The university has drawn on the extensive experience of the software vendors,PeopleSoft, and the implementation consultant, Cambridge Technology Partners. The experience of other universities that are implementing PeopleSoft programs has been a valuable resource for guidance in the implementation of the modules to be installed on our campus.
PeopleSoft began as a payroll-management software producer more than ten years ago. Sincethen, the company has expanded into other human resources, manufacturing, and financialsystems fields, as well as higher education. It has specialized in "enterprise-wide solutions" that address the administrative software needs of institutions at all levels of functionality.
The PeopleSoft student administration and human resources systems that are integrated in the new (Version 7.0, December 1997) software release include these modules that will be implemented at the university:
- "Campus Community" -- the common elements of the integrated database for both systems
- Student Administration
- Recruiting and Admissions
- Financial Aid
- Student Records
- Degree Audit
- Human Resources
- Payroll
- Benefits Administration
- Time and Labor
The PeopleSoft "enterprise-wide" software package also includes modules for alumni anddevelopment, and grants administration, and physical resources/facilities management.
Version 7.0 also includes many functions that can be addressed through the World Wide Web.
An interactive tutorial that demonstrates the PeopleSoft system features is available online. It requires a plug-in, also available at the site.
Updated 10/08/98
The University of Louisville
has contracted with Cambridge Technology Partners
for implementation consultation.
Cambridge has an ongoing consultancy relationship with PeopleSoft as a "Global Alliance Partner" and is working on the implementation projects of several major universities. The project scope phase began the foundation-level implementation of the PeopleSoft modules that the university has purchased.
The CTP team began work on campus on Monday, November 3, 1997, and the scope phase kicked off for the administrative sponsors and key members of the project implementation teams at an all-day meeting on Wednesday, November 5.
- Summary of the consultation contract-award process.
- Description of the project scope phase.
Updated 10/08/98
Other Universities
More than eighty colleges and universities are implementing the PeopleSoft higher-education packages. The list below includes the "charter" and "beta" schools, as well as other "early adopters." As the linked sites elsewhere show, the implementation projects -- although in various states of development -- have the same general structure, with variations made necessary by institutional configuration and local needs.
For an overview of the PeopleSoft implementation project at the University of Minnesota, see the keynote presentation from the Project ORION kick-off luncheon, "From the Trenches" by Dr. Roberta Armstrong, UMN "Student 2000" project manager.
Boise State University
California State University at Los Angeles
Case Western Reserve University
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
James Madison University
Kansas State
University
Ohio State University
San Diego State University
Southern Methodist
University
University of Akron
University of British Columbia
University of Hawaii
University of Kansas
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Northern Arizona
University of Utah
University of Western
Ontario
University of Wisconsin - Madison (SIS)
Waterloo University (Canada) -- HR and SAS as separate systems
Western Michigan University
York University
Indexes of other projects
University System of
Maryland
PeopleBud's
project index
For further information on the implementation time line, budget and functionality, see the ProjectORION overview
.Updated 01/06/99
