Milestone 5: Testing and TrainingUnit Test Results, System Integration Test Results, Training Documents, End User Training, Competency Evaluation System
Milestone 6: Go-LiveRollout Plan, Complete System in Production, Production Test Results, All Issues Resolved, Begin Maintenance Plan
Milestone 7: 90 Days after Go-LiveSystem Fully Implemented and Functioning Correctly

Kentucky State University (KSU) will be invoiced for a milestone only after successful completion and signoff of all of the deliverables in the respective milestone.

Once the detailed plan is created and mutually agreed upon by both KSU and Tata, the project schedule and milestones will be adjusted accordingly.

II. Strategic Direction of Information Technology

As discussed in July's Board Retreat, Office of Information Technology is no longer a back office in the organization. Information Technology has become a strategic and transformational component to organizations, and particularly in higher education. The Office of Information Technology at KSU will be no different. Information Technology must have leadership collaboration to determine the right solutions for KSU instead of determining these solutions in isolation. The strategic direction for Information Technology will be divided into three areas:

  1. System Stabilization – Ensure systems are available and data is protected.
  2. Service Improvement in Multiple Technologies – Enhance and provide technologies that will provide greater services.
  3. Growth – Provide the foundation to ensure KSU is able to offer and manage new technologies.

Key indicators for each area are as follows:

System Stabilization:

In order to ensure that KSU's technological systems are available and accessible to students, faculty, and staff as well as that the data is protected, the Office of Information Technology has identified three key initiatives:

  1. Ensuring the data center is available and protected. The data center will be moved to the Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT). The goal is to complete the data center move by January 2016.
  2. Transferring KSU's ERP and Blackboard Learning System, two mission critical systems, to a hosted environment. The ERP will be hosted as part of

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