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Latest with PeopleSoft
By Leanne Marden
Have
you heard the term “PeopleSoft” lately? Are you wondering
what it is? PeopleSoft is a company founded in 1987. It is also the
name of the company’s main product, an enterprise-management software
package that includes software for human resources, finance, and student
administration. Most importantly, PeopleSoft is a project here at UMass
Boston to replace outdated administrative computing systems.
Currently, team members are working to install new systems for the areas of finance, human resources, and student administration.
The new human resources and financial systems are being designed and built together by all UMass campuses and the President’s Office. This effort occurs primarily in Worcester and has been named “Project e*mpac,” an acronym for Enterprise Management and Performance through Administrative Computing.
The Inter-Campus Student Information System, known as ISIS, is a collaborative effort of the Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell campuses to design and build the new student administration systems. Core team members for this project also are located primarily in Worcester. Currently team members are working on the recruiting and admissions components of the system.
Over the course of the next year, the campus will introduce various modules of each of these systems. In December, the student recruiting module will go into operation. In January 2002, the new human resources system will become operational, followed by the student admissions module that is tentatively scheduled to “go live” in summer 2002. Finally, in July 2002, a new financial system is scheduled for operation.
In the coming months you will hear more about our new computing systems and find out how the campus and your departments can get ready. The change in technology provides UMass Boston the opportunity to change the ways we do business and to ultimately improve our service to students, faculty, and all members of the campus community.