NCCI/ACE Strategic Collaborations Partnering Across Boundaries to Leverage Impact and Resources David Gift, Vice Provost, Libraries, Computing and Technology Michigan State University 8 February 2009 Enterprise Business Systems Renewal at Michigan State University, and the Kuali Financial and Research Administration Projects

2 Michigan State University Public, land-grant Founded 1855; prototype for land-grant institutions founded under the Morrill Act of 1862 Carnegie Doctoral/Research - Extensive East Lansing, Michigan, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates 5,200 acre campus (East Lansing); 15,000 acres throughout Michigan >200 programs of study offered by 17 degree-granting colleges 46,000 students (36,000 undergraduate; 10,000 graduate) 4,800 faculty and academic staff 6,100 support staff $1.8 billion annual expenditures Member, CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation)

3 MSU’s “industry segments” Higher education -- instruction & research in over 100 fields; libraries; museums; etc. Medical services -- human and animal Publishing Farming/agriculture Housing -- residence halls and apartments Hotels and conference centers Performing arts centers and events Broadcasting (public television, public radio, webcasting) Arena and flat space centers and events Athletics and sports events; golf courses Financial credit/loans Utilities (electrical power; water) Communications (regional data networking) Others…

4 Modular functional systems (avoid single- vendor multi-functional systems); middleware integration; business intelligence layer; well- designed data models and intentional stewardship Have degrees of control (approach, timing, cost) where available Have options (for the things we can’t predict or control) Information Systems and Services Architectural and Strategic Direction

Community-Source software for financials and research administration 5 Need features not provided by commercial software (“of, by and for higher education”) Few real integration gains from “all in one” single-vendor solutions; “black box” data models Differential change frequency High switching cost => high vendor dependency Gain timing options (“no disruptive upgrades”; own the source code)

Community Source model Community Source describes a model for the purposeful coordination of work in a community. Explicitly defined roles and responsibilities of community members Specified functional scope Specified architecture Development standards Standardized quality assurance and testing Funded commitments by community members 6

Kuali Approach -- Financials New System Design ? Indiana Financial System J2EE Platform Limited Enhancements Defined by Functional Council 7

Kuali Financial System Partners Colorado State University Cornell University Indiana University Indiana University Foundation Michigan State University San Joaquin Delta Community College University of Arizona University of California UC-Office of the President UC-Davis UC-Irvine UC-Santa Barbara University of Hawaii University of Maryland University of Southern California Andrew W. Mellon Foundation NACUBO rSmart 8

Kuali Approach -- Research Administration New System Design ? Coeus Research Administration J2EE Platform Limited Enhancements Defined by Functional Council and Coeus Community 9

Kuali Coeus Partners University of Arizona Cornell University and the Weill Medical College Indiana University Iowa State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan State University Colorado State University University of California – Berkeley University of California – Davis Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Coeus Consortium Huron Consulting Group 10

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Key messages Capability/capacity is critical to HE success and to national strategic strength Collaboration can build capabilities beyond the reach of any single institution, no matter how great Let’s collaborate to build capabilities -- we can compete on what each we do uniquely well with them 12

Key messages We CAN collaborate successfully Collaboration requires trust (several vital elements to this, including time to build) Collaboration requires an effort premium Many effective models for collaboration, and goodness is situational 13