Project Principles
The project’s goal is to ensure that the new student portal is implemented successfully, as scheduled, and within the approved funding. The following business principles establish the project framework:

• On Time – meet the project milestones as outlined in the project plan;
• On Budget – manage overall project costs
• It Works – ensure the final product is an effective management tool for the University, one that improves service and user experience to students, faculty and staff;
• Standardize & Streamline Business Practices and Data Standards – provide a student system that not only automates business functions, but also standardizes and streamlines business processes and data standards (where possible) to support faculty and staff in their daily activities, and by so doing enhance support services to students;
• Deliver a Sustainable Model – Ensure that the implemented system can be supported through the entire software lifecycle.
Objectives:
The University has identified important business objectives for the project, in addition to the main-driver of successfully implementing Campus Solutions, Student BI, CRM, Mobile Solutions and Self-Service. These key project objectives are:
• Increase the functionality of the student information system and improve the business processes in support of student, faculty and administrative staff user-needs;
• Provide more convenient, intuitive, and accessible web-based utilities for students, faculty and administrative staff;
• Improve responsiveness to student needs by streamlining business processes, enhancing student access, and providing additional student-support functionality to the faculty, the colleges and the administrative offices;
• Leverage delivered software solutions and adopt industry-standard “best practices” for effective, efficient use of the delivered system