Technology Selection

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Technology Selection

If You Build It, Will They Come? A Software Implementation Becomes a Catalyst for Organizational Change

January 1, 2003

Wellesley College embarked on a campus-wide software implementation to develop an integrated database of events and classes and an all-campus calendar. The implementation triggered organizational c…

Implementation: What Have You Done for Me Lately?

January 1, 2002

An innovative implementation of packaged software in higher education builds on the fact that it is a business project. We have shifted the project focus from a multi-year, big-bang effort to the r…

Implement an ERP in Nine Months and Keep Your Sanity and Friendships

January 1, 2001

Niagara College purchased and implemented an integrated human resource, finance, and student administration suite, with a unique collaborative team of functional leads, academic reps, implementatio…

Using WebSphere, Java and COBOL to Implement a Business Application

January 1, 2001

In the fall of 1999 Iowa State University embarked on a new project to develop our Web-based Purchase Requisition and Routing system, which affected most areas of the Administrative Data Processing…

Keys to Developing Effective Student Electronic Portfolios

January 1, 2001

This presentation of Wesleyan's electronic portfolio will highlight the keys to succeeding in the development of a large project linking academic and strategic planning to technology: involvin…

Case Study: Establishing Momentum for Implementing Directory & Public Key Infrastructure

January 1, 2001

The "e-university" needs a competitive e-commerce environment. Industry analysts, vendor strategies, and higher education groups like Internet2's Middleware Initiative provide analys…

Higher Education ERP: Lessons Learned

January 1, 2001

Universities are now spending in excess of $20 million each to implement modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects that can take two, three, or more years to implement. The early report ca…

Information Technology Challenges in ERP

January 1, 2001

The implementation and support of PeopleSoft's Student Administration at Duke University has significantly improved services for students, faculty, and staff. A principal challenge was adjusti…

Implementation Projects: Land Mines and Other Lessons

January 1, 2000

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute totally replaced its administrative computing systems in a series of projects during the 1990s. This presentation will look at the process by which the new systems …

Moving to Client/Server Computing, A User's Perspective

January 1, 1998

This paper focuses on the user's involvement in a conversion to a client/server system. User participation and specific communication with the IT department is key to a successful implementati…