PROJECT ORGANIZATION

Executive Sponsor

Bruce Petryshak

 

Executive Steering Committee

Bruce Petryshak, Chair

Albert Colom

Sheri Stoll

Ed Whipple

 

BGSU Project Co-Directors

Bill Gerwin

Chris Cox

 

Project Manager

Leslie Wilbourn

 

 

 

BG@100 CSS Implementation Team Members & Roles
Team Member		Office Location
Bernardo Aguiar	Office Support Coordinator (PT)	414 E. Wooster
Jerry Ameling	Financial Aid Technical Lead (FT) Testing Lead	414 E. Wooster
Lynn Bloir	Training & Documentation Specialist (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Norm Carney	Database Administrator (FT)	Hayes Hall
Cecilia Castellano	Admissions Functional Lead (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Dong Chen	Portal Lead	Hayes Hall
Carol Christman	Applications Developer (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Deb Clink	Student Financials Technical Lead (FT) Reports Lead	414 E. Wooster
Tina Coulter	Student Financial Aid Functional Lead (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Greg Deitering	Applications Developer (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Jason Dunn	Residence Life Functional Lead (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Patrick Dworning	Technical Consultant (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Erik Eid	Applications Developer (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Mike Failor	Graduate College Technical Lead (FT) Interface Lead	414 E. Wooster
Irina Fedorchuk	Applications Developer (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Meredith Flynn	Training & Documentation Specialist (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Cindy Fuller	Communications	Hayes Hall
Todd Glick	Application Developer Consultant (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Karen Hansen	Student Financials Functional Consultant (FT)	414 E. Wooster
David Hayes	Applications Security Analyst (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Mark Heider	STAT Change Control (FT)	Hayes Hall
Tara Jacobi	Training & Documentation Specialist (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Peg Johnson	Student Records Functional Consultant (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Rich Kasch	Student Admissions Technical Lead (FT) Change Management Lead RMS Technical Lead	414 E. Wooster
Sue Lau	Student Records Functional Lead (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Tina Lawrence	Applications Developer (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Chris Lewis	PeopleSoft Customization and Interfaces Technical Consultant (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Tammy Ludwig	Programmer Analyst (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Casey Meyer	Systems Architect / UNIX Systems Administrator	Hayes Hall
Rhonda Montague	Student Financials Functional (FT)	Hayes Hall
Jerry Perez	Student Financial Aid Functional Consultant (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Beth Ann Rife	HCM Functional Lead (PT)	414 E. Wooster
Dale Schroeder	Budget Analyst	Hayes Hall
Phyllis Short	CSS System Support Lead (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Sue Tomor	Student Records Technical Lead (FT) Conversion Lead	414 E.Wooster
Laura Waggoner	Student Records Functional Lead (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Kevin Washington	Applications Developer Consultant (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Alan Willford	Applications Developer (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Kristen Williams	Applications Developer (FT)	414 E. Wooster
Rick Williamson	PeopleSoft Systems Administrator (FT)	Hayes Hall
Eric Zahnle	Graduate College Functional Lead (FT)	414 E. Wooster
HCM Application Support
John Konecny	Interim Applications Support Manager	Hayes Hall
Beth Moore	HCM Applications Developer/Technical Support	Hayes Hall
Gail McRoberts	Dir Budgets/Admin Assistant, Functional Support (Graduate College)	McFall Center
Merritt Obreiter	HCM Applications Developer/Technical Support	Hayes Hall
Beth Ann Rife	Business Analyst, Functional Support (HR)	College Park
Michelle Simmons	Associate Director, Functional Support (Career Center)	Saddlemire Student Services at Conklin
Larry Smith	Payroll Manager, Functional Support (Payroll)	Administration Bldg.
David Weimer	Business Analyst, Functional Support (HR & Payroll)	College Park
Donna Wittwer	Associate Director, Functional Support (HR)	College Park
FMS Application Support
Terry Brentlinger	Applications Developer/FMS Technical Support	Hayes Hall
Maureen Ireland	FMS Functional Support (Purchasing)	Park Avenue Warehouse
Trish Jenkins	FMS Functional Support (General Ledger)	Administration Bldg.
John Konecny	Interim Applications Support Manager	Hayes Hall
Tom Kornacki	FMS Functional Support (Grants)	University Hall
Robert Kupetz	Applications Developer/FMS Technical Support	Hayes Hall
Linda Larkin	Applications Developer/FMS Technical Support	Hayes Hall
Chasity McCartney	Interim Manager Grants Accounting	Administration Bldg.
	HCM = Human Capital Management FMS = Financial Management Solutions CSS = Student Administration	FT = Full Time RMS = Residential Management System

 

Listing of Previous Project Members

 

How is the BG@100 Office Structured?

The Executive Steering Committee (ESC) is the governing body over the project; consisting of business and technology stakeholders with full authority to make decisions on issues regarding resource funding, project scheduling and system functionality.  The Steering Committee is also responsible for:  reviewing project status; expediting critical path issues; ensuring business needs were satisfied; resolving inter-departmental and vendor issues; and providing direction to the project team on business priorities, design issues and scope considerations.  The ESC is also the approving authority for any customizations applied to the PeopleSoft by BGSU.

The Project Sponsor has the primary accountability for the success of the project.  The Project Sponsor is responsible for driving the project from a business perspective and for controlling the project funding.

The Project Director is responsible for providing guidance and direction to the project team.  The Project Director and Manager are jointly responsible for identifying and resolving issues and project risks, maintaining relations with the Project Sponsor, and project communications.  They are also responsible for controlling the project scope and identifying any deviation from the plan.  These individuals ensure an appropriate level of leadership and direction by providing primary contact points for decision-making on a day-to-day basis.  The Project Director's primary focus is interaction with the organization outside the team.

The Project Manager is responsible for providing day-to-day direction to the project team on business and technical issues.  The Project Manager and Director are jointly responsible for identifying and resolving issues and project risks, maintaining relations with the Project Sponsor, and project communications.  They are also responsible for controlling the project scope and identifying any deviation from the plan.  These individuals ensure an appropriate level of leadership and direction by providing primary contact points for decision-making on a day-to-day basis.  The Project Manager's primary focus is interactions within the team.The Communication Specialist is responsible for developing the communication plan along with monitoring and supporting project communication requirements, including updating the web site and composing messages for planned communications.

The Functional Project Team is comprised of the following roles:

• Functional Team Leads are responsible and accountable for the definition and implementation of the modules being implemented.
• Subject Matter Experts / End Users provide critical insights into the benefits and technical requirements of the applications.  These individuals are resources to the team, providing best practice information in their areas of specialization.
• Functional Consultants provide guidance for the definition and implementation of the modules being implemented.
• Trainers develop and conduct end-user training.

The Technical Project Team is comprised of the following roles:

• Systems Architect ensures that the HCM architecture conforms to BGSU standards and directives.  Additionally, the Systems Architect is responsible for server administration, performance testing and tuning.
• Systems Support Lead is responsible for securing appropriate technical resources for the project and for providing design and technical process expertise to the team.
• Interface Lead is responsible for overseeing the development of all interfaces with the HCM system.  Included are developing the interface strategies; interface design; development and testing; scheduling resources; and, coordinating testing with external entities.
• Conversion Lead is responsible for data conversion and coordinating data cleansing.
• Reports Lead is responsible for developing the reporting strategy and assigning reports development work.  The Reports Lead will also code and test reports.
• Testing Lead is responsible for developing the testing strategy and assigning testing tasks.
• Developers are system designers and programmers responsible for development of application customization, interfaces, and reports.
• Database Administrator is responsible for maintaining various instances of the HCM database, regular backups, system upgrades, etc.
• System Security Specialist is responsible for security access to the application resources.
• Help Desk Personnel provide user support after the production cutover.
• Portal Specialist develops the integration between the application pagelets and the portal.

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