For instance, the first two weeks of any semester are not likely to permit significant implementation progress. The college must be willing to adjust to the availability of specific SCT Consultants who we want to employ. And, of course, the SCT Banner systems 3. We needed to provide time to develop a complete set of reports. Our conversations with other Banner installations indicated that the importance of this matter had been frequently underestimated.
Reports are as crucial as processes in the daily operation of the college.
However, reports are idiosyncratic to the institutions that use them, and must be developed to fit the specific style and purposes of the client. We needed to provide a reasonable financial timetable, spreading the payment of consulting fees fairly evenly across three fiscal years. Long term leasing through either vendor or state funds is not a funding option. Software, consulting and temporary staff costs make up the vast majority of the project expenditures and only capital equipment is eligible for lease arrangements. Consequently, the sources of funds for this project have been evaluated very carefully to insure that there are no detrimental effects to ongoing College operations.