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and Materials Management (MMI), Payrolls (PAY), Infrastructure Management
(INF), Scientific Research (SCI), Strategic Management (SEM), Education Process
Service (EDU), and Technological Support (BAS).
Generally, the implementation strategy is similar at every university. At the
Warsaw University of Technology the project implementation began in an incremental
methodology, which consisted of creating the concept and construction of
small portions of the system in short periods of time (aiming to 6 weeks). In April
2009, the methodology has been replaced by Chestra methodology, based on the
standard ASAP methodology used in the world to implement SAP systems.
According to available reports, the process is slower than planned. University of
Maria Curie-Sklodowska is more delayed than others. Last year this university had
financial problems and implementation of campus management modules was
practically stopped, anyway the project will be continued.
6. CONCLUSION
SAP is a big company with many years experience and many partners in
Poland. It offers support for client companies in the field of identification and
evaluation of the situation, in the implementation and start of software’s operation
as well as in the continuous improvement of organizational processes and business
matters. “SAP for Higher Education and Research” covers all the newest desiderata
of a university management system. Beside the implementation, SAP guarantees
10-year support of the system. Process of implementation is slow and involves
many university workers. Some most important modules are ready and perform
their tasks. Although the implementation process is not finished yet, and some
problems may appear, final opinion can be formulated after next 3-4 years. Now, if
we compare deployment process with other implementations (like Edukacja.CL in
Wrocław University of Technology), the agreement between SAP and four Polish
universities seems to be a good solution.
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