Select a Student Information System
Find the student information system that matches your strategic goals.
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Selecting an SIS is a complex task and making the wrong technology selection can result in significant negative implications for the institution leading to:
- Incorrect or only a partial list of requirements.
- Lack of stakeholder engagement.
- Increased complexity and risk.
- Poor system fit.
- Inability to attain strategic goals.
- Resistance to change.
Selecting an SIS solution using Info-Tech’s approach has many benefits. It leads to:
- Assessing the institution’s readiness.
- Structured approach to gathering requirements.
- Requirements prioritization.
- Structured approach to vendor selection.
- Structured approach to demonstration scoring.
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Book NowModule 1: Target and Current Capabilities
The Purpose
- Define overarching objectives.
- Identify constraints and hurdles.
- Define key success metrics.
- Define target capabilities.
- Define current capabilities.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Clear project objectives.
- Level-setting of SIS knowledge.
- Understanding of SIS current state.
- Agreement on SIS target state.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Define overarching objectives. |
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| 1.2 | Define constraints and hurdles. |
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| 1.3 | Define key success metrics. |
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| 1.4 | Define target capabilities. |
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| 1.5 | Define current capabilities. |
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Module 2: Capability Gaps and Requirements
The Purpose
- Identify capabilities gaps.
- Elicit and prioritize requirements.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identify capabilities gaps.
- Priorities to pursue to fill gaps and requirements.
- Measures of project success.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Define current capabilities gaps. |
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| 2.2 | Elicit and capture your SIS requirements. |
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| 2.3 | Prioritize your solution requirements. |
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Module 3: Prepare RFP
The Purpose
- Develop content for the request of proposal (RFP) document.
- Prepare demonstrations and scoring templates.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Documented requirements for the request of proposal document.
- Demonstration scripts and vendor scoring tools ready.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Create an RFP to submit to SIS vendors. |
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| 3.2 | Build a response template to standardize potential vendor responses and streamline your evaluation process. |
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| 3.3 | Evaluate RFP responses with a clear scoring process. |
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Module 4: Vendor Demonstrations and Selection
The Purpose
- Build a demonstration script.
- Prepare evaluation scorecard for vendor demonstrations.
- Define criteria for selection.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Structured approach to vendor demonstrations.
- Alignment on the evaluation criteria for the demonstrations.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Build a demo script to evaluate product demonstrations by vendors. |
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| 4.2 | Evaluate vendor product demonstrations to inform your selection process. |
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| 4.3 | Create short-list. |
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| 4.4 | Establish your vendor selection evaluation criteria. |
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| 4.5 | Select your solution. |
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