1. ConnecTech Project Kick-Off Connecting Our Universities with an Integrated Information Environment Kay Rhodes ConnecTech Project Manager Office of the CIO, TTUS June 9, 2006

2. What is ConnecTech?  Connecting our Universities with an Integrated Information Environment  Joint endeavor by TTU and TTUHSC during the next three years  Large project to replace and upgrade our legacy administrative computer applications used by Students, Faculty, and Staff TechSIS (Student and Financial Aid Systems) TechFIM (Financial Accounting System) Purchased the “Banner” suite of products from SunGard Higher Education TecHRIS (Human Resource System) TechPAY (Payroll System) Budget Systems  Purchased the “Banner” suite of products from SunGard Higher Education

3. Why a Kick-Off for an Upgrade of Computer Applications?  Impacts every student, faculty and staff across the entire spectrum of Texas Tech  Avenue to provide awareness of the project  Largest project impacting business processes and computer applications at Texas Tech in 25 years

4. ConnecTech Benefits  Integrated web-enabled environment  Move from SSN to Banner ID for identification purposes  24x7 access via the web for Students TechSIS (Student and Financial Aid Systems)  Access to information via a web interface from any internet connection  Alignment of business processes with digital workflow  Unified Financial Aid solution  Elimination of redundancy and duplication of information entry  Improved data for reporting and analysis of institutional information  Better reporting and data access strategies  Systems built upon modern relational database technology (Oracle) with contemporary hardware

6. ConnecTech Project Structure  Project Organization Project Management Team Steering Committee Executive Steering Committee  Work Teams Functional and Technical Cross-Functional and Technical

7. ConnecTech Projected Timeline  Content Management – Calendar Year 2006  Student Admissions – June 2007 (for Fall 2008)  Operational Data Store/Enterprise Data Warehouse – June 2007  Student Registration and Financial Aid – February 2008 (for Fall 2008)  Finance – September 2008  HR/Payroll/Budget – December 2008

8. ConnecTech Participation, Communication, Information  Updates to Councils, Senates, and Various Groups at all campuses  Opportunities for input  Articles  Website: www.texastech.edu/connectech

9. What About Training?  Today, early beginnings  As implementation dates grow closer, training will be provided to all departments, schools, and colleges on the new systems and processes

10. Door Prize Acknowledgements Bank of America Citibank City Bank College Loan Corp Collegeboard EFSI First Financial Bank First National Bank Frost Bank Herring Bank Panhandle Plains PlainsCapital Bank PNC Bank Red Raider Club Sallie Mae Savanna’s State National Bank Student Capital Corporation Student Loan Express SunGard Higher Education SunTrust Education Texas Tech Credit Union TTU Extended Studies Wells Fargo