Banner Project Overview

On December 20, 2002 the Community College of Rhode Island signed a contract for software licenses and a three year services agreement with SCT to migrate from our current SCT Plus management information systems to the SCT Banner Student, Financial Aid, Human Resources and Finance suite of information systems. The project is guided by a Steering Committee that reports to the President's Council. Project teams have been established to guide the implementation of each Banner module. With participation from SCT, the Steering Committee developed a Project Organization and Planning document that defines the scope of the migration and will serve as CCRI’s guide for the implementation.

The mission of this project is to ensure that the SCT Banner suite of information systems is implemented in a timely and cost effective manner within the framework of the College’s efforts to better serve its constituents. The primary goal of the initial phase of the project is to implement the core modules within a 3 year time frame with as much of the existing functionality as possible.

The 3-year implementation project ends on June 30, 2006. All modules were implemented on schedule and within budget. More details on the success of the project can be found in a February '06 Currents article. The project teams continue to meet to discuss Banner issues, to plan the Banner 7 upgrade, and to implement additional features of the software.

The following is an overview of the project timeline.

Module	Go Live Date	Status
Finance	July 2004	Go live occurred on July 1, 2004 as scheduled
Financial Aid	March 2005	Go live occurred on March 14, 2005as scheduled
Student: Admissions/Recruiting	March 2005	Go live occurred on March 14, 2005 as scheduled
Student: Records/Registration	March 2005	Go live occurred on March 14, 2005 as scheduled
Student: Bursar	March 2005	Go live occurred on March 14, 2005 as scheduled
Human Resources	Jan 2006	Go live occurred on Jan 4, 2006 with the first student payroll