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What is Going on with Kuali?. Jennifer Foutty Executive Director, Kuali Foundation. What is Kuali?. Open source administrative software For higher ed , by higher ed Enterprise-scale. Happy 5 th Birthday!. Chronicle of Higher Ed – Nov 2009. NACUBO Business Officer – Feb 2010.
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What is Going on with Kuali? Jennifer Foutty Executive Director, Kuali Foundation
What is Kuali? Open source administrative software For higher ed, by higher ed Enterprise-scale
New Member Institutions Brown University University of Illinois University of Virginia North West University (South Africa)
Kuali Member Institutions • Australian National University • Boston University • Bradley University • Brown University • Carnegie Mellon University • Colorado State University • Cornell University • Indiana University • Indiana University Foundation • Iowa State University • Marist College • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Michigan State University • NACUBO • Naval Postgraduate School • North West University (South Africa) • Pennsylvania State University • Research Foundation of the City of New York •San Joaquin Delta Community College • The University of Arizona • University of British Columbia • University of California- President's Office • University of California-Berkeley • University of California-Davis • University of California-Irvine • University of California-Santa Barbara • University of California-San Diego • University of Hawaii • University of Illinois • University of Maryland • University of Southern California • University of Toronto • University of Vermont • University of Virginia • University of Washington • West Virginia University
Kuali Commercial Affiliates New 2009
New Meetings Approach Kuali Days – Fall It becomes a user conference Kuali Workshop – Spring For community F2F meetings only
Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) $2.38 Million Grant from Andrew Mellon Foundation
OLE Investors • Indiana University • Florida Consortium (FC) (University of Florida Lead) • Lehigh University* • Triangle Research Libraries Network* • Duke University* • North Carolina State University* • University of Chicago* • University of Maryland • University of Michigan* • University of Pennsylvania* * New to Kuali
Kuali Ready Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning SaaS Subscription
Kuali Ready Founders • University of California Berkeley • Indiana University • University of British Columbia • Penn State University • University of Southern California • Delta College • California State University • Tufts University • University of Toronto
Implementations • KFS • CSU: Big Bang on 7/1/09 • San Joaquin Delta: Phased beginning on 7/1/09 • IU: General Ledger, Labor Ledger in Feb 2009 • Used to test year-end processing • Naval Postgraduate School: Sept 2009 • USC: some modules beginning Fall 2009
Implementations • Rice • UC Davis: academic merit/promotion system • San Joaquin Delta: time workflow • Cornell: PDF workflow • IU: overall administrative workflow • Others ?? • Inside community • Outside community
KualiCoeus:Upcoming Releases & Implementations • NOTE: THESE DATES ARE TENTATIVE • Release 2.0 next month (all core functionality) • Coeus equivalency in the core by Dec 2010 • Full equivalency by Dec 2011 • Merging with Coeus organization as soon as possible • Implementation of one or more modules this year: UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Indiana, Colorado State, Arizona
Kuali Student Update • Release 1.0 • Will be delivered as a ‘Founders’ Release • Schedule date is early April 2010 • Release 2.0 • Delivers core functionality for records • Will likely be implemented by Berkeley, Maryland first • Planning underway about scope and timeline
We’ve done some things right • Disparate institutions CAN agree on software design • Distributed teams can build enterprise-scale software • Commercial partners can get involved in this model • It really does work! • We can extend it to other models, such as Saas
We’ve had some issues • The economy • On the upside, more interest • On the downside, one of our partners has been forced to withdraw • We are communicating that open source allows saved costs and control of destiny
We’ve had some issues • Governance • We’ve made some tweaks in the projects • For example: • Updated Rice charter to balance investing partner and application project influence • Updated positions and governance may be forthcoming in Student to reflect the changes in the cycle of the project • Updated Kuali Coeus timeline to facilitate merger with Coeus community
We’ve had some issues • Implementations • On the upside, we have had successful implementations and will have many more this year • On the downside, resources of partners are stretched to continue to develop the code, while implementing the system on campus
We’ve had some issues • Need to develop a new contribution model beyond our original approach
Contribution Model • Purpose • Historically, Kuali has been “community source” • Want to begin leveraging resources more widely • Must maintain quality !! CFOs require that debits & credits balance • Want to learn from other open source models
Contribution Model • Approach • Create an open and public web site for contributions • Use open tools to manage the process • Create ‘Levels of Trust’ for communication purposes • Code that is incorporated in an official release must meet Kuali standards • This is still under discussion and should be published later this year
Q&A / Discussion? • Jennifer Foutty • jfoutty@kuali.org