PeopleSoft Campus Solutions
Newsletter
May 2008
Colleen Richters, Kathy Pattision, Ken Pielhop, James
Williams) provide the technical resources for the
project. Our CIBER consultants are Chris Mercer,
Greg Patterson, Sheena Porter, Jackie Ortiz-Baerga,
Jennifer McCord, Bill Barnett and Siva Ram.
What has been completed?
• Summer - Fall 2007: Assessment and Fit-Gap
completed
• Fall 2007-Spring 2008: Implementation and
324 Millennium - Project Team Room
Technical Training
• Fall 2007: Installation and configuration of initial
Greetings! This is our first newsletter for
PeopleSoft hardware, operating systems and
the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions project to
environments
the UW-Stout campus community. Monthly
• January/February 2008: Implementation Partner/
newsletters will be sent out through out the
Consultant Contract Awarded
project to communicate status, upcoming events
• February 2008: Project Charter Completed,
you can participate in, and provide information
Project Kick-Off
about this new system.
• March 2008: Consulting started
• Currently: Setup and configuration of Campus
A RFP was awarded to CIBER for
Solutions
implementation consulting resources.
UW-La Crosse and UW-Eau Claire are also
What are we working on?
implementing at the same time as UW• Setup and configuration of Campus Solutions
Stout. Each campus has its own set of
○○ Campus Community
consulting resources but it also provides many
○○ Academic Structure
opportunities for collaboration.
○○ Admissions
○○ Financial Aid
The photo above is our project team room
○○ Student Financials
in Millennium Hall. Currently there are 10
○○ Student Records
individuals in this room full time Monday
• Finalizing the customizations, modifications, and
through Thursday each week. The PeopleSoft
interfaces needed
project team consists of functional users Rick
• Updating the project plan with tasks and timelines
Olson, Pam Lausted, Nancy Ninas, Beth
• Meeting with external departments
Bosien, Julie Schumacher, Linda Young,
• Deploying additional PeopleSoft environments
Tricia Aspen, Larry Graves, Valerie Mardis,
• Reporting Data Store (RDS) data warehouse setup
and Kathy Kruger. Enterprise Information
• Development of data conversion specifications
Systems (EIS) staff (Kay Schnur, Jeff Ohvall,
• Additional technical training
Nolan Northup, Lystra Yates, Dan Krueger,
PeopleSoft Campus Solutions
Newsletter
May 2008
What’s up next?
• Continue setup and configuration of
Campus Solutions and prototyping results
with actual data
• Prototype, testing and campus review
sessions
• Installation of production hardware and
software
• Setup of User Productivity Kit (UPK) for
training
• Continue deployment of RDS
Upcoming Dates?
• Fall Semester Opening Week session –
Project update
• Campus Preview Sessions - coming in the
Fall
• Go Live for Fall 2009 applicants September 2008
• Go Live for Fall 2009 Financial Aid January 2009
• Go Live for Fall 2009 Student Records and
Student Financials - March/April 2009
• Go Live for Academic Advisement Summer 2009
Need more information?
Project Web Site:
http://www3.uwstout.edu/lit/ps/index.cfm
Email the UW-Stout PeopleSoft Project
Manager, Kay Schnur (schnurk@uwstout.edu)