Efforts are being made to construct canned reports that will be easy to produce. At this point NCSU is using generic software to handle student-specific tasks. The software was designed to run most effectively in a centralized environment, while the environment at NCSU is decentralized. Personnel throughout campus are very frustrated. At the moment there are about 8-10 vacancies in the financial area.
Response time is unacceptable, and efforts are under way on several fronts to address the situation.
Campus personnel and outside contractors are working on patches and repairs. Most departments are now maintaining dual systems in order to track their funds. No, this would not be feasible or practical. It would be practically impossible to find and retain qualified programmers. A new release will be loaded next spring.