Just a quick update on what your Student Financials PAG members have been up to since the Alliance Conference. The SF Goals are listed below along with any progress or activities that have occurred during the past few months. As always, we welcome your input. Feel free to make comments here on the SF PAG Blog or share your thoughts on the SF Listserve to engage other community members in more feedback. And if you are a little shy, we invite you to send comments privately to any PAG member. Contact information for us is listed on the Current PAG Member list under About the HEUG in the menu above.
SF Goals 2011-12
Maintain a strong line of communication with Oracle on current issues specific to Student Financials, while considering future development and industry trends.
Veteran’s Affairs Workgroup underway. Scheduled to deliver white paper for review in Fall 2011.
Design review underway for changes to Third Party Contract functionality based on findings in Third Party White Paper.
Oracle representatives continue to participate actively in monthly SF PAG calls.
Facilitate conversations with Oracle to implement mandatory software updates to comply with regulations and deadlines impacting colleges and universities such as PCI compliance, 1098-T, HELP loans, and other government regulations.
Current Veteran’s workgroup is drafting a White Paper that will be the basis of future discussions with Oracle.
Continue partnership with Oracle and the Student Financials community.
Engage the SF community to use the HEUG Issue Tracker to communicate their ideas for enhancements and new features needed in the product. Encourage users to vote and comment on submitted issues in order for the PAG to have timely information on which issues are most important.
Newsletter “training” section for Issue Tracker, including encouraging voting on top issues and adding comments so SF PAG can determine the best way to address issues.
Will promote HEUG training webinar in August.
Contribute to the development of the SF product through participation in customer guide/focus groups and other Oracle initiated teams, on topics such as the Campus Solutions release strategy and the CS/HR split.
Two SF PAG Members participating in CS/HR Split focus group organized by Oracle.
Reviewed Third Party Processing changes with Oracle Development during our SF PAG Conference calls, based on input from Third Party White Paper.
Participate in developer/strategy questionnaires.
Continue to work with cross-PAG teams to provide the best input to Oracle on cross-functional business processes.
Liaisons on SF PAG monthly calls from Reporting, Financial Aid and GL PAGS.
Veteran’s Workgroup has cross-functional participation including representatives from Student Financials, Financial Aid, Admissions, Student Records, Enrollment Services, Veterans’ Services, and IT.
Offer educational opportunities for the SF community by presenting webinars. Seek out SF community experts to assist with compiling best practices and documenting business requirements for SF Issues list priorities. Provide information to the SF community related to new features and product issues.
Webinars on 7/20 and 7/27 - Integration Points Between Student Financials and Student Records For Drop/Withdrawal Processing. Presented by Myrna Fitzpatrick – Campus Solutions Senior Support Engineer, Oracle Corporation.
Webinar planning underway for Fall 2011 – SF/GL Reconciliation.
Potential webinar for end of 2011 – Workcenter features – new with PeopleTools 8.51, requires PeopleSoft Portal product.
Periodic (at least quarterly) newsletter to SF HEUG community sharing new information and “tip of the month”.
Beginning the planning for 2012 Alliance Conference presentations.