Who is involved?


Who is involved ? The NeSIS project impacts all faculty, students, and staff. We want to ensure that everyone has a voice at the table during this planning phase. Faculty, staff and select students from all campuses will be involved in this project to select a best-fit SIS solution. Stakeholders from all campuses will be asked to participate at one time or another in the requirements identification process (Step 1). Select committees will be involved in preparing for the RFP process (Step 2). Many stakeholders from each campus will be invited to participate in attending and scoring vendor demonstrations (Step 3) Finally, many stakeholders will be asked to contribute to the readiness assessment (Step 4). To help us lead this effort and communicate to all campuses, we have developed a project organization for the planning effort. It consists of all Nebraska University and Nebraska State College stakeholders, Functional and Technical Decision Teams, a Core Team, and a Steering Committee. All project teams will have representatives from both the Nebraska University system and the Nebraska State college system. Here is a visual describing this project organization:


	NeSIS Role	NeSIS Responsibilities / Expectations during the NeSIS Project
	System-wide stakeholders	Provide unbiased input to system requirements via DecisionDirector Participate in vendor demonstrations (selectively)
	Decision Teams:	Maintain function-specific view Work together to edit Knowledge Packs Communicate to & encourage peers and staff to participate via DecisionDirector Validate completed sets of requirements Prepare demonstration scripts Participate in demo evaluations
	Core Team:	Maintain an enterprise perspective Develop RFP Content Review & approve demonstration scripts Score vendor responses Score fit-gap analysis Attend and score demonstrations Prepare a summary report of final vendor(s) for Steering Committee
	Collegiate Project Services:	Coach and train Decision Teams on DecisionDirector requirements specification Coordinate system communication to all stakeholders Facilitate Core Team to make decisions and recommendations Facilitate Steering Committee to make decisions and provide strategic direction Work with University Liaison
	NeSIS Steering Committee:	Determine Hosting approach Decide on RFP evaluation criteria and weighting Review & approve planning budget Participate in Critical Issues Session Receive & approve Core Team recommendation for vendor selection Review Core Team summary report and make final recommendation for vendor selection