TIGERi—Student Information BPA's
Business Process Analysis (BPA) continues to plan an important part in the initial stages of the TIGERi project. Members of the Student Information team gathered for the first week of a two week BPA consulting session designed to evaluate day-to-day business operations. Student Information BPA’s focused on:
- admitting students
- registering students
- processing withdrawals and re-admits
- creating courses (catalog)
- creating the class schedule
These BPA’s were focused on gathering information to model and analyze the current business processes. Future BPA’s will concentrate on how processes can be changed to work efficiently and effectively within Banner.
TIGERi integrated technology, powered by Banner software, will allow the university to streamline day-to-day processes and make improvements based on procedural best practices. Streamlining ISU’s operations requires everyone to find more efficient ways to operate the university. TIGERi will improve access to online services, helping ISU remain competitive as well as attracting prospective students.
Members of the Student Information team will be a part of the important quest to find more effective methods to improve University operations for our most important customers—Students! BPA analysis is an essential part of ensuring ISU stays at the forefront of excellence and will be completed for all TIGERi modules as the implementation progresses during the next three years.
The second BPA consulting session scheduled this month will focus on:
- advising students
- managing faculty workload
- auditing and awarding degrees
- processing grades and transcripting credit
- billing student
- processing student payments
The Student Information will be a phased implementation process beginning with Admissions in September 2009 and Registration in March 2010 for the Fall 2010 semester. Degree Audit implementation will also be in the Fall 2010 semester.
The Student Information Module includes many functions such as:
- Applying to ISU
- Admissions processing
- Registering for classes
- Student class fee processing
- Tracking progress toward degree (degree audit)
- Advising resources
- University catalogs
- Scheduling and rooming of courses
- Grade reporting
- International faculty/scholar/student Tracking
- Enrollment reporting
- Faculty work load reporting
- Graduation clearance
- Academic history (transcripts)
- State and federal reporting
- Student clearinghouse reporting
