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Often new 3rd Party systems are necessary to improve business operations. The selection and implementation of these technology tools is a critically important task and there are many questions need to be answered for before the purchase of any new system:
- Can the business need be solved within any currently owned SPU systems?
- Will new hardware or servers equipment need to be purchased and what are the initial and maintenance ongoing costs?
- What effect, if any, will the application have on other departments or staff?
- What are the annual savings costs and savings of the system, including estimated FTE cost in support and training?
- How does adding the support of this new system affect available support for existing systems?
- How will this system share data with other systems, such as Banner?
- What state and federal regulations may impact SPU's usage of the system?
Computer and Information Systems staff can help guide you through this process with. See /wiki/spaces/CIS/pages/36143562 for information about submitting a new project request to CIS.
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