ConnectCarolina: Enterprise Resource Planning

Two deployments are nearing:

• Additional Online Application functionality related to External Transfers for schools of Public Health and Education and Internal Transfers (scheduled for Oct. 24)
• Conversion of Program/Plan data and a related temporary interface (scheduled for Nov. 7); this is part of ongoing work to prepare for Fall 2010 registration in spring 2010.

Additional upcoming and ongoing project activities:

• Planning has begun for the release of the Graduate and Professional Schools Admissions (summer 2010); a diverse group of hands-on users continues to work on configuration and process evaluation
• The Financial Aid team is completing configuration work; integration testing has begun and runs through Nov. 25
• The Student Records team will be validating Schedule of Classes and Enrollment Conversion data from now thru mid-November.  An additional iteration of testing was added for these files in early November. Integration testing begins Oct. 12 and runs through Nov. 25
• In Academic Advisement, the focus continues to be on completing configuration of all the majors. Work will soon focus on developing all the functional specifications required for interfaces and modifications. These will need to be completed by late November
• The Student Financials team continues to run and review tuition calculation and tuition calculation group assignments for latest test data, review the third party proxy technical design, and walk through specs with technical and functional staff