Project MAUI Overview
Project MAUI is a Provost Office sponsored project to replace its thirty year-old home grown mainframe-base student information system with a new integrated web-based system. Implementation of the new system began in the fall of 2006.
This is a major enterprise system implementation project. This project involves significant effort from the offices of Admissions, University Registrar, Student Financial Aid, Continuing Education, and Information Technology Services along with collegiate input. A phased approach will be used to deliver the student information system functionality. We will use short planning horizons and development cycles to break the project down into manageable components. Simple and lightweight processes will be used to gather requirements and develop the system. We have used this incremental and iterative approach in developing other major administrative applications..
From a technology perspective we will use contemporary web development platforms and environments. The technology stack will include both open and industry standard technologies. The core of which will be an Oracle relational database from which we will develop business processes using a Java development environment. A rich self-service user experience will be provided via standard web browsers. These are technologies that are familiar and proven on campus.
The fully-integrated, web-based Student Information System is expected to be completed in spring 2011.