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The University places high priority on developing the capacity within our workforce for the effective installation and utilization of these new information systems. In implementing these systems we will be assisted by the PeopleSoft Consulting Group. We will provide resources for other consulting and personnel in affected departments.

Our technology vision is to provide systems that are transparent to the user. These new systems meet that criterion. They will also store data in one integrated system shared across the University. They will provide convenient self-service options for Internet access to information and increased reporting capability through comprehensive and easy-to-use tools, which will assist managers and executives by providing decision support.

The Project Charter that follows provides information about the scope of this project as well as detailed objectives for its first year. It describes the project teams and their responsibilities. It considers risks and constraints that typically are associated with these large enterprise projects.

I am pleased that we are moving forward on this important Brandeis priority.

Meeting these demands requires improving our business practices and replacing our outdated administrative computing system. With this in mind, Brandeis University purchased the PeopleSoft suite of administrative information systems software to replace our legacy systems for Financials, Human Resources, and Student Administration.

The new system installation comprises three phases. The first two, Financials and HR/Payroll, will take approximately three years. These will be followed by Phase III, installation of Student Administration software, which will take an additional two or three years.

This document describes the implementation of the Financial and HR/Payroll modules. It includes the project mission, objectives, scope, assumptions and constraints, risks, milestones, methodology, and project team organization. Later versions of this document will include more information about subsequent phases. This version (Version 2, October 2001) adds information about the HR/Payroll implementation. These addisions are marked amended.

(Amended Version 2, October, 2001): Brandeis selected PeopleSoft Consulting (PSC) to be our initial source of PeopleSoft product consulting and moved to LogicGate Consulting in July, 2001. During the week of June 12, 2000, a PSG consultant conducted an Implementation Strategy and Planning Workshop with members of the core Finance/HR implementation project team. This charter is a result of that workshop.