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EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 23, Number 1, 2000

Avoiding Problems in Implementing Administrative Systems

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Avoiding Problems in Implementing Administrative Systems

Title:

Avoiding Problems in Implementing Administrative Systems (ID: EQM001D)

Author(s):

Joel M. Smith (Carnegie Mellon University)

Topics:

Administrative Systems, Implementation

Origin:

EDUCAUSE Quarterly (2000)

Type:

Articles, Papers, and Reports

Abstract:

When software implementations go bad, the temptation is to blame the software. Some faults do indeed lie there, but many others lie in our administrative decisions. This Viewpoint article examines four aspects of administrative systems implementations that administrators need to understand to avoid implementation pitfalls.

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Administrative Systems | Implementation

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