KUALI COEUS OVERVIEW Kuali Overview + values + Rice Coeus History Process Map KC Features Screen Hands On

The Kuali community shares a set of strong values that guides how we work: Open Source Licensing - Kuali values free information, and distributes its software under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 so that anybody can download and use Kuali software without paying any licensing fees whatsoever. Community Source Development Model - Kuali software is developed using a community source model to coordinate development efforts. This practice allows both large universities and small colleges to have an opportunity to impact software development, insuring that both big and small players can have an influence over Kuali projects. Collaboration - The Kuali Community's success comes from the members' ability to collaborate, which entails a number of underlying values including listening, introspection, objectivity and thoughtful communication. Transparency - To a large degree, Kuali's communications and collaboration infrastructure is open to the public. Although certain information may be protected for various reasons, Kuali strongly values making as much information publicly accessible as possible. Modularity - Kuali aims to produce module software, allowing adopters to pick and choose the functionality they require Scalability - Kuali values scalability, and produces software that can serve both small and large user groups. Distributed Software - Kuali's software architecture is guided by the principal of distribution, resulting in loosely-coupled components that allow for flexibility and a more rapid response to changes in business needs Re-usability - the Kuali community works hard to identify common needs between different Kuali applications, and produce assets that can be easily re-used throughout the community. Accessibility - Kuali strives to produce software that is accessible to people who use screen-reader technologies, and is associated with the Fluid Project. Functionally-Driven Projects - Kuali's projects are driven by the functional needs of the potential adopters of the software, usually through governance groups called Functional Councils.

Software that provides a link between separate software applications. Middleware is sometimes called plumbing because it connects two applications and passes data between them. Middleware allows data contained in one database to be accessed through another. This definition would fit enterprise application integration and data integration software. The Kuali Rice software provides an enterprise class middleware suite of integrated products that allows for applications to be built in an agile fashion. This enables developers to react to end-user business requirements in an efficient and productive manner, so that they can produce high quality business applications.

Coeus Premium Coeus® is an electronic research administration system developed by MIT to assist the research community in proposal development and pre- and post-award management. The system is designed to standardize and increase the efficiency of award acquisition and administration for all participants contributing to the research enterprise. Coeus makes it possible to prepare proposals, route them to obtain internal approvals, and electronically submit them to sponsors. The Awards module stores detailed information on awards, reporting requirements, terms and conditions, as well as the required approvals for the award. Complementary modules—such as IRB, Key Person, Subcontract, Negotiation, Report Tracking, and Conflict of Interest—may be implemented for other important tasks in the research administration cycle.