BANNER STUDENT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
MONTHLY UPDATE: JUNE, 2006
Progress Report: A short description of team progress during this
reporting period.
Admission: The Admission team is fully staffed and making very good progress on its
schedule. Task initiation and completion rates are excellent. The Admission module is
currently on track to meet the September go-live target. While the Admissions module is
currently on track, we recognize that there are some legitimate concerns related to interfaces
and reports being fully completed on time.
Financial Aid: Financial Aid team is fully staffed and making very good progress on its
schedule. Task initiation and completion rates are excellent. However, in June we learned of
the departure of two key project members (Team Lead Paul Langhammer and Director Mike
Bartini), so there is concern about the team’s ability to sustain its progress.
Registration and Records: The R&R team made considerable progress in June.
Identification of staff for backfill positions was almost completed, with the report writer
scheduled to begin 7/3, the system support position to start 7/26 and a probably candidate for
the assistant registrar identified. Future additional SunGard resources have been identified as
well. Increased support from the project management team has produced a more refined and
articulated schedule, and the team’s task initiation and completion show a corresponding
improvement. The most immediate challenge is completion of the data conversion milestone,
which we expect will be August 14, 2006.
Accounts Receivable: The AR team is fully staffed and making very good progress. Task
initiation and completion rates are excellent. The AR team currently is on track to meet the
2007 go-live.
Technical Team and CIS Banner Implementation Support Team: The project is fully
staffed in terms of technical resources with a combination of temporary and consulting
positions. The Tech Team is making good progress on task initiation and completion. Given
the demand for technical resources, however, we believe it is likely that additional technical
resources will be needed on an ad-hoc basis. In particular for the short-term, an area of
concern is the development work needed for the Admission go-live, including an interface for
BASC, interfaces for loading applications, and a modification to calculate the Academic
Index.
Milestones Completed: List milestones that were completed during this
reporting period.
Milestone Date Due Comments
Completed Date
ADM-Complete BPR Review 06/09/06 06/09/06
for Grad School
ADM-Complete UG 06/23/06 06/23/06
Configuration
ADM-Complete Grad School 06/09/06 06/09/06
Configuration
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ADM-Complete 7.3 UPGR 06/30/06 06/30/06
Testing
ADM-Complete School data 06/30/06 06/30/06
to scanner Functional Spec
FIN-Complete FA BPR Work 06/09/06 06/09/06
FIN-Complete FA 7.3 Testing 06/30/06 06/30/06
FIN-Complete Defining Grad 06/19/06 06/19/06
training needs
FIN-Complete FA Module 06/04/06 06/04/06
Prep
Issues Resolved: The following issues were resolved during this
reporting period.
Issue Resolved by Date
Resolved
Summer Studies/Banner relationship Nancy Dunbar / 06/30/06
PMT
Data conversion issues PMT 06/30/06
Financial aid – returning students
Inaccurate test scores/historical data
Freshman Questionnaire data entry Nancy Dunbar/PMT 06/30/06
Unresolved Issues: The following issues are unresolved and require
attention. Additional detail is contained in the Project
Issue Log.
Issue Assigned to Date
Resolution
Required
Load Testing – Investigating vendors Terri-Lynn Thayer / 07/31/06
PMT
Concentration advisor shared ID Nancy Dunbar / 07/31/06
PMT
Data conversion issues PMT 07/31/06
Panorama database (med)
Ethnicity Codes – Anything except blank Nancy Dunbar/PMT 07/31/06
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Risk Factors Identified: The following risks to the project have been identified
during this reporting period. Additional detail is
contained in the Project Risk Log.
Risk Description Probability of Severity of Recommended Response/Risk
Occurrence Impact Mitigation Strategy
7.3 upgrade Low Low Continue to work with SunGard to
mitigate risk.
R&R staffing Medium Medium Seek SunGard resources
Add PMT support
Consider personnel reassignment
Succession Planning High Medium Meet with functional leads to
consider alternatives;
Pre-screen SunGard possibilities
Financial Aid personnel High High Preliminary discussion: investigate
SunGard resources; consider
banner-experienced replacement;
add resources from PMT or shift
resources from other teams
Work Projected for Next Period
Description Owner Planned
Completion
Date
ADM-Complete Security Configuration Admissions 07/27/06
ADM-Complete Self Service Configuration Admissions 07/17/06
ADM-Complete BPR Review for UG Admissions Admissions 07/18/06
FIN-Complete Complete Admission Work Financial Aid 07/28/06
FIN-Complete Basic FA Configuration Financial Aid 07/31/06
Prepare for Integration Testing PMT 07/26/06
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