Month: April 2017

  • Fun with Mods

    At Miami we have 99 “mods” or modifications to Banner. In conversation with other Banner schools, we have learned that our mod count is really very modest. A number of schools we talked to have thousands of mods!

  • Wading through the mods and forms

    Over the past 18 years, we have generated lots of ways to make Banner give us the information we want in the format we want. Some of those have been created via Banner mods (modifications – see Glossary) and some via Oracle forms. Because Banner 9 is so different, we need to be sure any…

  • Banner 9 Update: 4/10/17

    Mods Business analysts and client subject matter experts are in the final stages of reviewing mods to determine the appropriate disposition: retire, rewrite, keep with no change. Preparing a presentation of the mods recommendations for the IT governance group, the CCIC (Continuous Improvement and Change Committee). This group owns the final decisions regarding the direction…

  • Plan for the Journey: March 27

    Program manager, Frank Pahlke, was onsite the week of 3/27 and the core team focused on lots of project logistics. Here are some of the highlights: Presented draft project charter to the Implementation Committee at its regular meeting. Continued to plan training on the Ellucian Extension tool for IT Services developers. High-level project timeline being…