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Spectrum+ (Plus) Project

Project Overview

Georgia State University is upgrading the Spectrum financial system to a more recent release and supported version of PeopleSoft Financials.    One of the major goals of this project will be to move GSU towards the Board of Regents (BOR) financial model.  With this approach, GSU will be able to take advantage of training, reports, and interfaces developed at BOR. New modules including: E-Procurement, Expense, and Grants Management will be featured in the new system.

The project will have 4 major phases:

Phase 1 - Four month Planning & Analysis to include Data Gathering; Fit/Gap Sessions; and a Benefit Analysis of version 8.9 versus 9.0.

Phase 2 – Development of a detailed execution plan; Business Process Re-Design

Phase 3 – Application Development; Data Conversion & Validation

Phase 4 – User Acceptance Testing; End User Training; and Go Live! 

Benefits of Upgrade:

Tangible –

• The new financial application will be WEB accessible
• Opportunity to leverage development and training resources from BOR
• Improved Security
• Improved Workflow Model
• Better functionality and enhanced features
• New modules: E-Procurement, Travel & Expenses, Grants Management
• One Technology for PeopleSoft HR and Financials
• Cost savings from decommissioned hardware
• Electronic Proposal submission and Award tracking

Intangible –

• More reliable software and hardware environment
• New System should be faster
• Realignment of GSU account and budgets with BOR
• Auto-archive process