Information Technology Strategic Planning

Projects

Project Title:

fsaATLAS

Project Advocate:

Mariette Araya

Project Manager:

Mariette Araya

Project Overview:

Implementation of the SungardHE fsaATLAS system for managing information related to our international student and scholar population, and supporting the business function of the campus International Student and Scholar office (ISSO). fsaATLAS enables automated SEVIS reporting (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System), and integrates with the Banner Student Information System. The fsaATLAS software is built using .NET/MS SQL Server, and is to be hosted on Windows servers administered by Information Technology.

Key Stakeholders:

International Students and Scholars Office

Benefits:

SEVIS Compliance.
Improved recordkeeping and automation of International Students and Scholars Office.
Improved and managed communication with international students and scholars.

 

Project Deliverables:

fsaATLAS test and production environments, integrated with Banner and SEVIS.

Initiative(s) Supported:

Related Projects:

Milestones:

Project kickoff
Hardware procurement and setup
fsaATLAS software installation – test environment
Data integration training
Integration with Banner – test environment
Functional training
Application configuration – test environment
Integration with SEVIS – test environment
fsaATLAS software installation – production environment
Integration with Banner – production environment
Application configuration – production environment
Production operation without automated SEVIS reporting
Enable integration with SEVIS – production environment

Costs & Funding (Capital & Operational):

The fsaATLAS Implementation project costs are estimated as follows:

SungardHE fsaATLAS software license
Implementation consulting and training
Server hardware (app and db, test and prod)

Recurring costs include SungardHE fsaATLAS software maintenance.

Project Team:

Sheryl Wyan – Lead Functional User
Norma De La Torre – Lead Functional User
Nick Hansard– Windows System Administrator
Fernando Reynoso – SIS Programmer/Analyst
Jason Belhumeur – Registrar/Financial Aid Programmer/Analyst
SungardHE consultants, trainers.

Issues/Risks:

n/a


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