2008 Woodie Awards
PeopleSoft kickoff celebration gets the ball rolling
Rose Bittner
Issue date: 1/23/06 Section: News
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UMKC kicked off the student administration section of the PeopleSoft computer system transition last Wednesday in Pierson Auditorium. This is the University's final phase of operation and will be finished up over the next 20 months.
"The reason UM [University of Missouri] chose PeopleSoft is because we have a 35-year-old system," explained Doug Swink, associate registrar. "Over time technology has drastically changed. It has become harder to maintain, and in a couple of years, the old Legacy system will not be supported anymore. By this I mean that the original designers will not be providing any more updates, patches or fixes."
The new system will be stable, supported and state of the art. According to Mike Passer, assistant director in the Financial Aid office, it will also be capable of expanded Web functionality.
UM campuses began planning the transition to one system in 1997. PeopleSoft is a fully integrated Web-based information management system and the transition has been time-consuming.
"This is not a situation where you can just flip on a switch. This is a very comprehensive process and takes a lot of set up to get everything running correctly," said Swink. "There have been no problems at this time."
The UM System is not the only one making changes.
"The University of Kansas and the California State system have already gone to PeopleSoft," said Swink. "Universities across the country are going through this transition."
The Admissions Office has already been up and running under the new PeopleSoft 8.0 for two years and began upgrading to PeopleSoft 8.9 in July 2005.
Student Records and Financials will go live in April 2007.
Financial Aid will be the last module to transition. The new system for financial aid is expected to go live beginning in January or February 2007 and be completed in July or August 2007. This time frame will allow the disbursement of financial aid to students.
Because work on the student module has just begun and records, financials and financial aid are the areas that students interact with most, students should not expect to notice changes right away.
"The reason UM [University of Missouri] chose PeopleSoft is because we have a 35-year-old system," explained Doug Swink, associate registrar. "Over time technology has drastically changed. It has become harder to maintain, and in a couple of years, the old Legacy system will not be supported anymore. By this I mean that the original designers will not be providing any more updates, patches or fixes."
The new system will be stable, supported and state of the art. According to Mike Passer, assistant director in the Financial Aid office, it will also be capable of expanded Web functionality.
UM campuses began planning the transition to one system in 1997. PeopleSoft is a fully integrated Web-based information management system and the transition has been time-consuming.
"This is not a situation where you can just flip on a switch. This is a very comprehensive process and takes a lot of set up to get everything running correctly," said Swink. "There have been no problems at this time."
The UM System is not the only one making changes.
"The University of Kansas and the California State system have already gone to PeopleSoft," said Swink. "Universities across the country are going through this transition."
The Admissions Office has already been up and running under the new PeopleSoft 8.0 for two years and began upgrading to PeopleSoft 8.9 in July 2005.
Student Records and Financials will go live in April 2007.
Financial Aid will be the last module to transition. The new system for financial aid is expected to go live beginning in January or February 2007 and be completed in July or August 2007. This time frame will allow the disbursement of financial aid to students.
Because work on the student module has just begun and records, financials and financial aid are the areas that students interact with most, students should not expect to notice changes right away.
