PLMS
The Program Lifecycle Management System (PLMS) is a multi-year project to automate the workflows and to provide a single source of information for the status of programs in the following academic processes:
- New Program Development – release 1
- Program Modifications – release 2
- Program Suspensions – release 2
- Program Quality Reviews (PQRs) – release 3
- Annual Curriculum Reviews – release 4
PLMS has been built using the Salesforce platform and will integrate with the Student Information System (GeneSIS), the Course Outline Mapping and Management System (COMMS), and Microsoft Office and Sharepoint.
PLMS will provide Deans, Chairs, and other stakeholders with real-time status of programs within any of the academic processes listed above. Automated workflows will ensure that timelines and milestones will be clearly and easily visible. Faculty, Chairs, and Deans will have the ability to create new program ideas and a customized Dashboard will allow the Chairs and Deans to see the status of all activities related to programs in their Department or School and to create reports. PLMS will foster opportunities for collaboration across Departments and Schools by allowing view access to program ideas and program activities across the College. The integration with other systems will reduce duplication of effort and help to streamline processed. Finally, PLMS will serve as a repository for final proposals and related Ministry documents and as an archive of the history of changes made to academic programs.
