• Decisions should be made for greater good and not just for my team. Put individual and departmental agendas aside and focus on the University.
• We will use the functionality of the system we implement to its fullest.
• We will engineer for the rule, and improvise for the exception. We will focus on end user experience through the development of best practices for standardization, and always look for opportunities to reduce complexity and drive efficiency.
• Commitment to use ERP system functionality instead of individual systems.
• We will consciously build a system which provides data that will enable strategic decision making.
• All project teams will take responsibility to maintain open communication protocols which will inform up, down, and laterally in a transparent fashion.
• Clear expectations will be provided to team members. Participation is tantamount to acceptance of these principles.
• In collaboration, team members will use their energy to advance the development of the system at hand, rather than addressing issues which need to be escalated to other areas.
• Team members will receive facilitation training in order to embody results oriented, goal driven leaders who capture ideas for later and solve immediate problems.
• Each of us will respect and adhere to project timelines. We will elevate decisions and prioritize projects in order to respect the time of individuals and of the group.
• Establish protocols for issue escalation and urgent response including email, ad-hoc meeting, teleconference, etc.

Highstreet IT Solutions

KU has engaged Highstreet IT Solutions, a veteran of Higher Education implementations, to assist us in making functional decisions regarding configuration and management of our cloud based financials system. They will help us determine how to configure our desired functionality, implement and support it, and train our end users for the best possible experience when we go live.

The Highstreet team has been working with Oracle applications for more than 20 years, providing projects and managed services to over 350 clients. Highstreet’s business philosophy is based upon a close working relationship with our customers. The success of this philosophy and quality of our services are proven by the high satisfaction rates of our clients. Our employees exemplify this philosophy to the fullest, leveraging their collective experience to empower our clients with the steadfast support they have come to expect from Highstreet.

Highstreet has been closely involved with Oracle on all of the early Higher Education projects involving the Oracle Cloud Applications. We strive to make sure Highstreet is in a position to assist our clients in which ever product they elect as the best fit for their organization.

PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTS

KU has engaged Performance Architects as our implementation partner to assist us in the design and implementation our new budget system. 

Performance Architects is a business and technology consulting company that partners with our clients to initiate and sustain significant improvements in enterprise performance.  We were founded in 2006 with the goal of delivering tangible outcomes that provide real business value. We define our accomplishments through our clients’ progress toward their goals.

Our core values include:

• Integrity.  Integrity is our most important value as our promise is our guarantee. To us, integrity means always doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
• Client Focus.  We make an effort to build partnerships with our clients. We always keep our client’s best interests in mind.
• Learning.  Continual learning and development is at the core of what we do and keeps us competitive and motivated. Each of us has a responsibility to learn, and then to teach, so that everyone grows.
• Innovation.  We strive for simple, elegant solutions to complex issues through creative problem solving.

The Performance Architects team offers a diverse mix of functional, technical and industry backgrounds, as well as professional consulting skills. This rich combination of skills, talents and interests stimulates innovation and inventive approaches to our clients' thorniest business challenges.  We are zealous about doing our best, always. We are inquisitive and team-oriented, but we are also a collection of leaders. We maintain a meritocracy, where capability and know-how at all times supersede title and rank.  Performance Architects' team is comprised of people from all over the world. We come from diverse backgrounds and regions, and we are fluent in numerous languages.  Visit our web site website for more information.

Cloud Executive Team

FITC Leadership

FITC Core Team

PBCS leadership

PBCS Core Team

FITC Working Groups

(AR Billing, Assets, Conversion, Expenses, Grants, GL, P2P, Inventory, Integration, Central Financial Reporting -Consolidation)

OAC Working Groups

Data Metrics

Data Modeling

PBCS Working Groups

Financial Analysis & Reporting

Budget Preparation & Initiation

Central Financial Reporting -Footnotes