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Report to the Lane Community College Board
LASR Project
October 1 , 2001

The college is beginning Phase II of the Lane Administrative System Renewal (LASR) Project. Phase II is a two-year implementation process for the SCT Banner administrative software system. Linda DeWitt is serving as Lane's LASR Project Director, and James Brunner is the SCT Project Manager for the project.

TIMELINE
The college is taking a phased approach to implementation. The Banner software is conceptually divided into four modules, and the ìgo liveî or operational dates for each module are based on the natural business cycle for each area. The chart below shows beginning dates and ìgo liveî dates for each module.

MODULE START DATE START DATE ìGO LIVEî DATE

Finance September 17, 2001 July 1, 2002

Human Resources October 29, 2001 January 6, 2003

Student January 14, 2002 June 2, 2003

Financial Aid May 20, 2002 March 3, 2003

HARDWARE, SOFTWARE
The HP9000 is installed and operational. Installation of the Oracle database and the Banner software is complete. Banner forms are accessible through a client/server process and also using a web interface. We will eventually have Lane staff using each of these access modes.

IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE
The LASR Training Center (Building 16, Room 144) is operational. The programmers attended Banner Technical Training the week of September 10 and the first Finance Configuration visit was the week of September 17. Lane's Finance Team is working on a first draft of the college's Banner chart of accounts in preparation for the second Finance configuration visit, the week of October 8.

STEERING COMMITTEE
The LASR Steering Committee is a shared governance body charged with oversight for all phases of the LASR project. Members are:

ASLCC Representative-TBA
Faculty Council Representative-TBA
TACT Representative-Linda Loft
Classified Council Representative-Elaine Marsh
VP for College Operations-Marie Matsen
VP for Instruction and Student Services-Cheryl Roberts
AVP for Information Technology-Stephen Pruch
AVP for Instruction-Steve John
AVP for Instruction and Student Services-Donna Koechig
IRAP Director-Craig Taylor
LASR Project Director-Linda DeWitt

LIMT TEAM
On September 13, the LASR Steering Committee approved a charter for the LASR Implementation Management Team (LIMT). LIMT is charged with ensuring that the project implementation objectives are met and that the project provides for adequate and appropriate communication with the campus. LIMT members are:
Stan Barker, College Finance
Sue Colvin, Personnel Services
Linda DeWitt, Project Director and Student Financial Services
Helen Garrett, Enrollment Services
Debra Lamb, Community Education
Kay Malmberg, Budget Analyst
Stephen Pruch, Computer Services
Matt Schubert, Credit Instruction
Craig Taylor, Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning
James Brunner, SCT Project Manager, serves as a non-voting member of LIMT.

ADDITIONAL PROJECT TEAMS
As the college moves through implementation, LIMT will identify additional project teams. Stan Barker, the LIMT representative from College Finance is providing leadership for the Finance implementation. The following staff members are at work on this part of the project:

Finance Core Team:
Stan Barker, Accounting, Finance Team Leader
Bill Kyker, Funded Projects Accounting
Sue McDonald, Investments/Disbursements
Kay Malmberg, Budgeting
Lloyd Rain, Purchasing
Finance Technical Team:
Alan Feldmayer, Accountant
Terry Grove, Accountant
Darlene Baker, Student Accounts Receivable
Tasha Drake, Budget Specialist
Sue Iverson, Programmer
Thwing Havens, Programmer

Before the project is completed, almost all Lane employees will be involved in activities ranging from system configuration and setup to operational and casual user training.

LASR Project staff are currently scheduling visits with different areas of the college and with various campus groups to answer questions about the project and to gather information about needs. Our goals are to make sure that we design the system to best meet department and division needs; improve staff efficiency and effectiveness; and improve service to Lane's students and staff.

Regular informational LASR Updates are scheduled from 3:00 to 5:00 on the first Friday of each month. Meetings will be held in the Boardroom. All members of the Lane community are invited to attend. The purpose of these monthly meetings is to provide the campus community with information about the project, a progress update and an opportunity to ask questions.
For more information about the project, contact Linda DeWitt, Ext. 3006, or visit our web site at http://2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/lasr/. For information about the Finance implementation, please contact Stan Barker, Ext. 5608.

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