st mary's university college

The Project

Drivers for ChangeImprovide validation data and information flowsSingle authenticated source of dataEarlier availabilit of marketing materialTimely gathering of accurate data needed for programme setup, statutory returnsNeed to be competitive with other HEIs and better promote harder to find courses

SolutionReview current processes and improve using Enterprise Architecture techniquesIntroduce managed electronic information and workflow technology (Aggresso Curriculum Management System – ACMS)Get buy in from all stakeholders

ScopeTaught postgraduate courses

Moving to a single authoritative source of datato provide XCRI-CAP 1.2 feeds

Institutional Course Management Processes and Systems

St Mary’sUniversity CollegeTwickenhamLondon

Documenting the Validation andProgramme Set Up ProcessWorkshop to establish validation andprogramme setup process – post-it notesand wall paper

Documenting the Validation and Programme Set Up Process The Finished ‘As-Is’ Enterprise Architecture Diagram (Archimate) Post-it notes and marker pen comments transformed

Enter validation details and narratives for prospectus, externalwebsite and XCRI-CAP feed into ACMS and export

Curriculum Management System Feeds textual data andnarrative into leaflets and external website at the earliestpossible stage

What Next?Bring in Undergraduate coursesSet up system to deal with Joint Honours programmesAdd short coursesEvaluate effectiveness of XCRI-CAPWork with Agresso (Unit4) and other HEIs to further develop system

... and Prospectus

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