During the June 2010 quarterly meeting of the Tennessee Board of Regents, board members approved an implementation plan recommended by the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) that called for the creation of a data warehouse to be used to enhance decision-making at both the system and campus levels. The strategy now referred to as the “Common Data Repository” (CDR) is to create a single authoritative data warehouse where data from institutions will automatically be fed into the CDR from their Banner administrative systems be they hosted or located at the campus. The presentation provided an overview of the project as to its strategic purpose, how the technology will work, and the role that the functional users will play (including governance).
Decision Support System - Management Information SystemNijaz N
Refers to class of system which supports in the process of decision making and does not always give a decision itself.
Decision Support Systems supply computerized support for the decision making process.
Taming the Beast: Test/QA on Large-scale ProjectsTechWell
Large, complex projects—those with more than 100 people and lasting more that a year—require special considerations for developing, communicating, and managing the overall QA strategy and test plans. Shaun Bradshaw provides insights he gained from a $70 million financial software implementation project comprised of multiple components including a general ledger, business intelligence platform, data warehouse, and data integration hub. Tasked with managing the entire test effort as part of the third-party validation team, Shaun acted as QA architect to create the test strategy and plan for the project. He shares the challenges he and his team had to overcome to help deliver a smooth implementation and installation. Shaun discusses his experiences aligning the QA strategy with the culture of the organization and ensuring key test and QA roles were filled with the right people. Take back new ideas and approaches you can use to tame the testing beast in your large project.
This presentation is about -
Designing the Data Mart planning,
a data warehouse course data for the Orion Star company,
Orion Star data models,
For more details Visit :-
http://vibranttechnologies.co.in/sas-classes-in-mumbai.html
Decision Support System - Management Information SystemNijaz N
Refers to class of system which supports in the process of decision making and does not always give a decision itself.
Decision Support Systems supply computerized support for the decision making process.
Taming the Beast: Test/QA on Large-scale ProjectsTechWell
Large, complex projects—those with more than 100 people and lasting more that a year—require special considerations for developing, communicating, and managing the overall QA strategy and test plans. Shaun Bradshaw provides insights he gained from a $70 million financial software implementation project comprised of multiple components including a general ledger, business intelligence platform, data warehouse, and data integration hub. Tasked with managing the entire test effort as part of the third-party validation team, Shaun acted as QA architect to create the test strategy and plan for the project. He shares the challenges he and his team had to overcome to help deliver a smooth implementation and installation. Shaun discusses his experiences aligning the QA strategy with the culture of the organization and ensuring key test and QA roles were filled with the right people. Take back new ideas and approaches you can use to tame the testing beast in your large project.
This presentation is about -
Designing the Data Mart planning,
a data warehouse course data for the Orion Star company,
Orion Star data models,
For more details Visit :-
http://vibranttechnologies.co.in/sas-classes-in-mumbai.html
Presentation on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS): Projects in Tennessee Higher Education that are being done to reduce the overall cost to students improving ROI / TCO of existing systems and support.
A benchmarking tool developed by the DCC to assess research data infrastructure. The presentation also outlines alternative versions developed by the University of the West of England and an EPSRC-compliance version
Ellucian Live 2014 Presentation on Reporting and BIKent Brooks
The Wyoming Community College State System made the strategic decision to migrate seven community colleges to the Colleague by Ellucian SQL platform and deploy BusinessObjects as their reporting solution with the strategic goal to develop one state-wide reporting solution. This session will feature Caper College's journey, the collaboration with all six colleges, and a review of the data design and reporting strategy from the reporting solutions consultant.
Extending opd to cover research data managementJisc
Extending Organisational Profile Document (OPD)
to consistently list hard and ‘soft’ RDM
infrastructure components and make them
visible, machine readable, discoverable
COMIT / Fiatech Conference 2014, The Crystal, London
Efficiency Through Digital Projects
Presented by Ray Topping from Fiatech. This project when launched attracted a great deal of interest from across the capital projects world. This project is being led by Shell.
Integrated Materials Management.
Design and implementation of the web (extract, transform, load) process in da...IAESIJAI
Owing to the recent increased size and complexity of data in addition to management issues, data storage requires extensive attention so that it can be employed in realistic applications. Hence, the requirement for designing and implementing a data ware-house system has become an urgent necessity. Data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) is a vital part of the data warehouse architecture. This study designs a data warehouse application that contains a web ETL process that divides the work between the input device and server. This system is proposed to solve the lack of work partitioning between the input device and server. The designed system can be used in many branches and disciplines because of its high performance in adding data, analyzing data by using a web server and building queries. Analysis of the results proves that the designed system is fast in cleaning and transferring data between the remote parts of the system connected to the internet. ETL without missing any data consumes 0.00582 seconds.
Discussion on strategies for shaping model behaviors and approaches for a modern (contemporary) IT practice in higher education. CampusWorks, Inc. annual meeting 2016.
Presentation on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS): Projects in Tennessee Higher Education that are being done to reduce the overall cost to students improving ROI / TCO of existing systems and support.
A benchmarking tool developed by the DCC to assess research data infrastructure. The presentation also outlines alternative versions developed by the University of the West of England and an EPSRC-compliance version
Ellucian Live 2014 Presentation on Reporting and BIKent Brooks
The Wyoming Community College State System made the strategic decision to migrate seven community colleges to the Colleague by Ellucian SQL platform and deploy BusinessObjects as their reporting solution with the strategic goal to develop one state-wide reporting solution. This session will feature Caper College's journey, the collaboration with all six colleges, and a review of the data design and reporting strategy from the reporting solutions consultant.
Extending opd to cover research data managementJisc
Extending Organisational Profile Document (OPD)
to consistently list hard and ‘soft’ RDM
infrastructure components and make them
visible, machine readable, discoverable
COMIT / Fiatech Conference 2014, The Crystal, London
Efficiency Through Digital Projects
Presented by Ray Topping from Fiatech. This project when launched attracted a great deal of interest from across the capital projects world. This project is being led by Shell.
Integrated Materials Management.
Design and implementation of the web (extract, transform, load) process in da...IAESIJAI
Owing to the recent increased size and complexity of data in addition to management issues, data storage requires extensive attention so that it can be employed in realistic applications. Hence, the requirement for designing and implementing a data ware-house system has become an urgent necessity. Data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) is a vital part of the data warehouse architecture. This study designs a data warehouse application that contains a web ETL process that divides the work between the input device and server. This system is proposed to solve the lack of work partitioning between the input device and server. The designed system can be used in many branches and disciplines because of its high performance in adding data, analyzing data by using a web server and building queries. Analysis of the results proves that the designed system is fast in cleaning and transferring data between the remote parts of the system connected to the internet. ETL without missing any data consumes 0.00582 seconds.
Discussion on strategies for shaping model behaviors and approaches for a modern (contemporary) IT practice in higher education. CampusWorks, Inc. annual meeting 2016.
Matrix of collaborative IT projects referenced in panel discussion “Collaboration by Design, Innovation with Purpose” at the EDUCAUSE annual conference Nov. 2011.
Report proposing the establishment of a cyberinfrastructure for Tennessee to enable collaborative research among Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), and the University of Tennessee (UT).
EDUCAUSE Live! presentation given September 8, 2010. Talent management is the process of attracting, selecting, training, developing and promoting employees throughout the institution. A focus on obtaining and developing talent ensures that the staff has the tools/support/resources necessary to perform well, are properly motivated/compensated, and are ready to transition into leadership roles as appropriate. They become valuable assets because over time they develop the necessary core competencies and internalized institutional core values.
Credit Card Computers and Their Application in HEThomas Danford
Presented at THEITS 2014: The Raspberry Pi (RPi) and Beaglebone Black (BBB) are small single-board computers that bring relatively new computer concepts to higher education. The idea is to replace traditional expensive equipment with relatively inexpensive equipment that gives the student/user the freedom to experiment through trial and error without the fear/consequences of crashing more expensive systems. This session gave an overview of each board’s hardware, necessary peripherals, optional accessories, OS and development software, and their strengths/weaknesses/limitations. The new learning model these boards offer, the trade-offs, and areas in higher education in which they may play a role in learning and other applications were also discussed.
Providing Metrics for Decision Makers CoHEsion13Thomas Danford
Departments across any institution, from finance to HR, enrollment to alumni, to student services et al., management is constantly looking for ways to improve the performance of their organizations and initiatives. Nevertheless, providing metrics to enable decision makers to align departmental goals with the mission of the institution is difficult. This presentation will chronicle what the Tennessee Board of Regents is doing to lower the barriers of cost, time, and quality in delivering actionable metrics to campus leaders across the system.
10 Determinants and 13 Ground Rules CoHEsion13Thomas Danford
10 Determinants & 13 Ground Rules that Improve Institutional Performance
Improving both the quality of service that your organization delivers along with the value of the employees that deliver the service are two crucial pillars in institutional performance. This discussion will focus on the application of the “10 Determinants of Service Quality” along with the “13 Ground Rules for Success in the Information Age” in managing an organization. The 10 Determinants will focus on the understanding of where the service quality “perception gap” arises and how management can address it. In a similar fashion, the 13 Ground Rules will provide the backdrop for what kind of employees we need to look for and develop.
Keynote for the Tennessee Association for Institutional Researchers (TENNAIR) 2013 conference. The theme of the conference being “big data” the presentation centered around the big data project of the Tennessee Board of Regents.
It was an honor to be asked to participate in the 2013 Ellucian Live's Executive Forum concurrent session on "The ROI of Consolidating ERPs and Services Across Multiple Campuses." These are the slides used during the presentation and a better description of the projects can be found at: http://tdanford.blogspot.com/
Six institutions collectively investigating hosting resulted in a unique cloud collaboration with a third-party provider. Due diligence determined that virtualization and clustering technologies provided real cost savings and Tier 3–4 facility benefits. This poster session chronicled the process and describe the pros and cons, cost factors, tangible and intangible benefits, and lessons learned. Poster URL: http://bit.ly/RgEROJ
These were the poster session slides
TBR Business Process Improvement EDUCAUSE12Thomas Danford
On-line presentation at EDUCAUSE 2012: The Tennessee Board of Regents embarked on a multi-institution business process realignment project for the system's 13 community colleges. The project identified 255 initiatives that defined process improvements in multiple ways, including process optimization, policy, and training. This session chronicled the project from its innovative approach through lessons learned.
In the early fall of 2012 the TBR signed an agreement with SciQuest for an eProcurement and Spend Management solution for the entire system. At the TN-Summit I led a panel discussion on the rationale for the project and steps going forward. These are the slides that were used to stimulate the discussion with the audience.
Presentation given at the TNSCORE 2012 annual conference. Tennessee is a designated EPSCoR state. EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) is a program administered by the National Science Foundation to assist states in boosting the level of research funding provided by NSF. This presentation gave an overview of the development of cyberinfrastructure in the state as well as planned future improvements.
An Exploration: Moving Your Enterprise to a Cloud CollaborationThomas Danford
Presentation at Educause Southeast 2012 - The ever-costly hardware refresh cycle for administrative systems, coupled with budget cutbacks and IT audit findings, prompted five community colleges and their system offices to explore hosting or cloud computing as an alternative to independent systems at each of their campuses. Is collaborating in such a move to the cloud truly a viable option for lowering or maintaining current costs, both in real dollars and in staff hours? Can benefits be realized in terms of providing enhanced, more secure services, better redundancy, and increased availability and scalability? What issues arise when institutions collaborate in such a venture? Bring your own experiences and questions to this open dialogue where we'll create a working roadmap that you and others can follow.
Rethinking Disaster Prepardness to Leverage Resources in a Cloud and Mobile World: Presentation given at the 2012 Tennessee Higher Education Symposium (THEITS) - In many respects the disaster recovery plans of today are based upon the environments of old where commodity hardware, cloud resources and mobile devices didn’t exist. In November of 2011 the Tennessee Board of Regents office became the first public higher education organization to move its ERP system to the cloud by having it hosted at the state’s new data center. The following January, state auditors came on site to perform a routine biennial audit. The audit process included an information systems and disaster recovery component which led to a complete rethinking of disaster recovery in the new environment. This presentation chronicled the issues of moving mission critical systems to the cloud and how cloud resources from various sources coupled with mobile devices can be incorporated for cost effective disaster recovery planning.
Presentation as a “kickoff speaker” for the 2011 Innovative Professor Conference November 7-8, 2011 at Austin Peay State University. Theme: "Clouducation -- The Silver Lining of Cloud Education."
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
Welcome to ViralQR, your best QR code generator available on the market!
At ViralQR, we design static and dynamic QR codes. Our mission is to make business operations easier and customer engagement more powerful through the use of QR technology. Be it a small-scale business or a huge enterprise, our easy-to-use platform provides multiple choices that can be tailored according to your company's branding and marketing strategies.
Our Vision
We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
Our Achievements
Ever since its inception, we have successfully served many clients by offering QR codes in their marketing, service delivery, and collection of feedback across various industries. Our platform has been recognized for its ease of use and amazing features, which helped a business to make QR codes.
Our Services
At ViralQR, here is a comprehensive suite of services that caters to your very needs:
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Pricing and Packages
Additionally, there is a 14-day free offer to ViralQR, which is an exceptional opportunity for new users to take a feel of this platform. One can easily subscribe from there and experience the full dynamic of using QR codes. The subscription plans are not only meant for business; they are priced very flexibly so that literally every business could afford to benefit from our service.
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ViralQR will provide services for marketing, advertising, catering, retail, and the like. The QR codes can be posted on fliers, packaging, merchandise, and banners, as well as to substitute for cash and cards in a restaurant or coffee shop. With QR codes integrated into your business, improve customer engagement and streamline operations.
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Subscribers of ViralQR receive detailed analytics and tracking tools in light of having a view of the core values of QR code performance. Our analytics dashboard shows aggregate views and unique views, as well as detailed information about each impression, including time, device, browser, and estimated location by city and country.
So, thank you for choosing ViralQR; we have an offer of nothing but the best in terms of QR code services to meet business diversity!
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
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💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
1. Common Data Repository
(Data Warehouse)
Tennessee IT Symposium 2013
April 22nd 10:25a
Thomas Danford
Greg Turmel
Pamela Clippard
2. TBR Common Data Repository (CDR)
Agenda
• CDR History & General Overview (Thomas Danford)
• Technologies Employed & Mechanics of the CDR (Greg Turmel)
• Functional Overview & Governance (Pamela Clippard)
Our Phased Approach
Phase1 - Project Concept
Phase 2- Project Design
Phase 3 - Project Development
Phase 4 - Quality Assurance
Phase 5 - Beta
Phase 6 - Release
Phase 7 - General Availability
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3. CDR History & General Overview
• Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010
(CCTA) TCA 49-8-101(c)
• The National Center for Higher Education
Management Systems (NCHEMS) Report
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5. Basic Objectives
• Leverage Existing Investments/Projects
Wherever Possible
– Open BI Project
– ODS/EDW
– Argos
• Implement as Quickly as Possible
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13. TBR Common Data Repository
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Phase 1 - Project Concept
Phase 1 - Project Concept
Where are we?
Shortfalls – time to move on – technology is now available to do better
Not timely
Not consistent
Very costly
Where do we need to be as a system?
What is available from our technology infrastructure
What we currently have – what do we need to add
Other – and Future system Initiatives
Platforms
Vendors
– Software
– Hardware
14. TBR Common Data Repository
Phase 2 - Project Design
Each design point takes advantage of known technology strengths - minimizing
modifications to underlying infrastructure
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[---------------- Identify Core Team Members from the Central Office and Campuses ---------
------- ]
TBR Common Data Repository
Ellucian Operational Data Store & Enterprise Data Warehouse
TBR
EDW
TBR
ODS
Each TBR Campus’ Data Loaded into a Pre-Stage Database Using
Oracle Golden Gate
RSCC
WSCC
TSU
Etc.
Each Banner Data Module Transformed Using
Ellucian software (Oracle Materialized Views)
Accounts
Receivable
Student
Financial
Aid
Etc.
Phase 1 – Project Design
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16. TBR Common Data Repository
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Phase 3 – Project Development
Phase 3 - Project Development
Information Technology
Integration of the hardware and the software to implement CDR system as designed.
Strategy Development (TBR IT, AA and OESI))
Works in all areas of the organization to ensure the project focuses on the user and
that the CDR is provides value added to the executive decision makers.
Project Manager
Ensures that local and remote technical & development staff understand the their
interdependencies, facilitates communication among the departments, and resolves
issues surrounding slipping deadlines.
Quality Assurance
Responsible for defining, designing, developing, and implementing a test plan. Begins
initial documentation.
Help Desk
Responsible for designing, defining, developing a detailed plan that articulates how
the project will be supported after release.
17. TBR Common Data Repository
Phase 3 - Project Development
IT integrates project hardware and software; users and work with IT to QA the project
building out sample test procedures; testing and user documentation begins
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[---------------- Identify Core Team Members from the Central Office and Campuses ---------
------- ]
TBR Common Data Repository
Ellucian Operational Data Store & Enterprise Data Warehouse
TBR
EDW
TBR
ODS
Each TBR Campus’ Data Loaded into a Pre-Stage Database
Using Oracle Golden Gate (February 2012)
RSCC
WSCC
TSU
Etc.
Each Banner Data Module Transformed Using
Oracle Materialized Views (March 2013)
Accounts
Receivable
Student
Financial
Aid
Etc.
Phase 3 – Project Development
18. TBR
UOM
TTU
TSU
MTSU
ETSU
APSU
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TBR Common Data Repository
WSCC
VSCC
SwSCC
RSCC
PSCC
NeSCC
NaSCC
MSCC
JSCC
DSCC
CoSCC
ClSCC
ChSCC
UOM
TTU
TSU
MTSU
ETSU
APSU
WSCC
VSCC
SWCC
RSCC
PSCC
NeSCC
NaSCC
MSCC
JSCC
DSCC
CoSCC
ClSCC
ChSCC
Banner Pre-Stage
Extract using
Oracle
Golden Gate
into a single
Banner
database
which has no
SSB, no INB,
and no other
access other
than the
Ellucian
ODS/EDW
application
for mapping
the required
Banner tables
into the
materialized
views (and/or
any additional
Banner tables
necessary to
complete
custom
applications.
Ellucian
ODS/EDW
Ellucian
ODS/EDW
Mappings
VPDI is OPEIDVPDI is OPEID
The Banner Pre-
Stage and the
ODS/EDW use
FICE code to
populate the VPDI
code for each
record from the
campus.
The VPDI (FICE)
code is used to
partition each
schools’ data into
individual Oracle
partitions.
TBR
UOM
TTU
TSU
MTSU
ETSU
APSU
WSCC
VSCC
SWCC
RSCC
PSCC
NeSCC
NaSCC
MSCC
JSCC
DSCC
CoSCC
ClSCC
ChSCC
TBR
UOM
TTU
TSU
MTSU
ETSU
APSU
WSCC
VSCC
SWCC
RSCC
PSCC
NeSCC
NaSCC
MSCC
JSCC
DSCC
CoSCC
ClSCC
ChSCC
TBR
UOM
TTU
TSU
MTSU
ETSU
APSU
WSCC
VSCC
SWCC
RSCC
PSCC
NeSCC
NaSCC
MSCC
JSCC
DSCC
CoSCC
ClSCC
ChSCC
Phase 3 – Project Development - Integration of Hardware and Software
19. TBR Common Data Repository
TBR
UOM
TTU
TSU
MTSU
ETSU
APSU
WSCC
VSCC
SWCC
RSCC
PSCC
NeSCC
NaSCC
MSCC
JSCC
DSCC
CoSCC
ClSCC
ChSCC
Ellucian
ODS/EDW
Mappings
EDW
Dimension
Dimension Dimension
Dimension
Fact
Table
TBR Operational Data Store and Enterprise Data warehouse
CDR
ODS/EDW
Phase 3 – Project Development
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20. TBR Common Data Repository
Phase 4 - Quality Assurance
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Quality Assurance of the Project – IT
Largely IT oriented to encompass physical operating specifications are met. This will
include data synchronization, user response times, source system impact at data
replication, and that appropriate disaster recovery plans are in place.
Documentation of the technical system is created, and test plans are share with
functional users.
Quality Assurance of the Project - Functional
PM/IT work with governance teams to identify functional offices who will test the
project at their location, recruit help desk for each test site, prepare sign-off
procedures and secure release dates for data modules.
PM develops initial release plan using technical and functional QA feedback.
Phase 4 – Quality Assurance Sample Test Design and User Documentation
21. RSCC
Accounts Receivable
Alumni
Finance
Financial Aid
Human Resources
Student
Baseline
Common Data
Definitions
Tennessee Mods
WSCC
Accounts Receivable
Alumni
Finance
Financial Aid
Human Resources
Student
Baseline
Common Data
Definitions
Tennessee Mods
VSCC
Accounts Receivable
Alumni
Finance
Financial Aid
Human Resources
Student
Baseline
Common Data
Definitions
Tennessee Mods
Sub-System
Load One School at a Time
ODS
Load Schools as One
Integrated Data Store
EDW
Load Schools as One
Integrated Data
Warehouse
Data Extract
Validation
Transform and
Load Validation
Integrated Reports
and KPI Validation
. . . etc.
CDR Validation *
*includes security and data discovery validations
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Phase 4 – Quality Assurance Sample Test Design and User Documentation
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22. Common Data Repository Campus Load Schedule – Central Office and Campus IT/OIR
Load Order Wave #1 Wave #2 Wave #3 Wave #4 Wave #5
February
OIR Infrastructure
Validation
M
ay
June
July
August
Septem
ber
Testing Campus &
System security,
network, capacity and
benchmark testing.
Initial data loads.
TBR DSCC ChSCC STCC TTU
CoSCC MSCC NeSCC NSCC ETSU
WSCC JSCC PSCC TSU MTSU
RSCC ClSCC VSCC APSU UoM
Testing Campus &
System security,
network, capacity and
benchmark testing.
Initial data loads.
Data Verification and
Quality Assurance
Schedules
June
July
August
Septem
ber
October
Testing Campus &
System security,
network, capacity and
benchmark testing.
Initial data loads.
IT/Functional Offices - Quality Assurance for data
validation, common data definitions, etc,
TBR DSCC ChSCC STCC TTU
CoSCC MSCC NeSCC NSCC ETSU
WSCC JSCC PSCC TSU MTSU
RSCC ClSCC VSCC APSU UoM
IT/Functional Offices - Quality Assurance for data
validation, common data definitions, etc,
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Phase 4 – Quality Assurance Sample Test Design and User Documentation
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Phase 5 - Beta Testing
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Beta Testing
Takes place after the Quality Assurance group agrees that the project, user
documentation, help desk procedures, and are functional and meet the design
specifications.
Beta Sites
The project is sent to a select group of users who have agreed to test the project to
confirm that its features work in a campus environment.
The quality Assurance group takes the lead in monitoring the user test process.
IT continues to fix bugs.
If the project will be available to campuses, the CDU is focused on actualizing the
Project launch plan
Phase 5 – Beta Testing
24. Test Schools Selected
• Hosted
• Non-Hosted
• Community College
• University
Banner Data Modules
• Alumni
• Student
• Financial Aid
• Finance
• Receivables
• HR & Payroll
TBR Common Data Repository
Phase 5 – Beta Testing
Four Reporting Profiles for Security:
1. Institution
2. Executive Key Performance Metrics
3. Management Aggregated Data
4. Staff Detailed Reporting
Common Data Repository – ODS/EDW
Shared Library of Dashboards and Reports
TBR Central Office
Business Intelligence
Degree Completion
Campus
Executive
Dashboards
8%
17%
42%
13%
11%
5%
6%
Degrees
Awarded by
College
Campus Operational
Reporting
New Graduates
R. Jones, MBA
D. Smith, AA, AS
A. Neville, MA
P. West, BSBA
Campus Banner
Transaction
Campus Banner
Transaction
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Phase 6 – Release
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IT as Key Member
Provides technical information and support
CDR Communications
Interacts with campuses and Central Office
TBR IT, AA & OESI
Leads analysis and user focus
Project Manager
Communicates & supports the interdependencies
Quality Assurance
Responsible for designing test plans
Helpdesk
Creates plan for support after release
Documentation
Installation, support, interfacing contacts and controls
Training
Provides training courses for internal & external staff
Phase 6 – Release
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Phase 7 – General Availability
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Helpdesk
Ongoing support to answer questions
End-user training
Ongoing training for technical and functional users
Scheduled Upgrades/Installs
Software and hardware upgrades and patching
Daily IT Application Support
Maintains and repairs software and hardware
Ongoing System and Campus Integration
Continued focus groups for future development
Phase 7 – General Availability
27. Four Reporting Profiles for Security:
1. Institution
2. Executive Key Performance Metrics
3. Management Aggregated Data
4. Staff Detailed Reporting
Common Data Repository – ODS/EDW
Shared Library of Dashboards and Reports
TBR Central Office
Business IntelligenceDegree Completion
Campus Executive
Dashboards
8%
17%
42%
13%
11%
5%
6%
Degrees
Awarded by
College
Campus Operational
Reporting
New Graduates
R. Jones, MBA
D. Smith, AA, AS
A. Neville, MA
P. West, BSBA
Campus Banner
Transaction
Campus Banner
Transaction
Campus Banner
Transaction
Campus Banner
Transaction
TBR Common Data Repository
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Phase 7 – General Availability
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TBR Common Data Repository
Executive Leadership
Dashboards and Scorecards with performance
metrics toward established goals and objectives
Management Reporting
Trend, summaries, operations analytics. front line
for implementation of business rules, verification
of business processes, complex interdependencies
and application integration
Staff Reporting
Detailed and ad-hoc reports, front line of
data quality assurance, verify reporting
result set
CDR Supports Reporting and Business Intelligence at All Levels of System and Campus Management
29. Why Measure Our Progress in a New Way?
Bill Gates Says There Is Something Perverse In College Ratings
There is a perverse metric rating system for U.S. colleges, says Bill Gates, the world’s most
generous and influential philanthropist. The problem is that it gives credit to schools that attract
the best students rather than schools that take poorly prepared students and help them get
ready for the next stage. View full story at
http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2013/01/31/bill-gates-says-there-is-
something-perverse-in-college-ratings/
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Supporting Student Success
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” 2025 65,000 42,000
What is our mission? What is our focus?
Move from reporting
how well we have done?
Reporting how well are
we doing?
TO
Leading IndicatorsLagging Indicators
Why Change?
30. Common Data Repository
Questions and Discussion
Thomas Danford, Thomas.Danford@tbr.edu
Greg Turmel, Greg.Turmel@tbr.edu
Pamela Clippard, Pamela.Clippard@tbr.edu
Editor's Notes
Must satisfy requirements in Phase 1 Project Concept Select core project team, integrated schedules, costs baselineFreeze project requirements
Must satisfy requirements in Phase 1 Project Concept Select core project team, integrated schedules, costs baselineFreeze project requirements