Leadership, governance and experience: these are all traits that are needed within a Steering Committee roster. And as the name suggests, a Steering Committee helps steer a project from start to finish—which is exactly what we have with the R3 Project’s Steering Committee.
The R3 Project has established five main objectives that we refer to whenever we make a decision that has ultimate outcomes. We always make sure that at least one of these objectives is being met when we’re re-working an existing element or introducing a new Business Process.
With set goals and a vision for what’s to come, the R3 Project team has officially moved forward to the next leg of the College Transformation Project: the Design and Develop Phase.
One of the three key purposes of the R3 Project is to implement a new Student Information System (SIS). Our current SIS, GeneSIS, has served us well for the past 25 years, but it’s time to introduce a new SIS that meets our technological requirements and aligns more with student needs. This is where Thesis Student Management (or Thesis SM) comes in!
When Laura Stanbra, Vice President, Student Services came on board as the R3 Project Executive Sponsor, she knew she was going to be involved in something special.
A project sponsor champions and leads the change by consistently articulating the Project’s vision and how it links to the College’s overall strategy.
As we move into the Design and Develop (or Personalize) Phase of the Project, we connected with Stanbra and asked about her experience thus far within the Project, including surprises she’s witnessed along the way and her ultimate vision once the Project fully comes to life.
When it comes to ensuring that the College community is involved with the R3 Project, we’ve been so fortunate to have 43 Change Champions on board to support that initiative.
When it comes to increasing employee satisfaction and productivity, we’re going to turn our attention to a feature offered on our new Student Information System (SIS), Thesis Student Management (Thesis SM), that will absolutely bring that R3 Project objective to life.
The July 19 R3 Showcase welcomed more than 150 participants to its virtual gathering where participants were provided with a general overview of the R3 Project scope. Participants also saw a demo of the new Student Information System, Thesis SM, and had the opportunity to asks questions at the end.
If there’s one thing that we can say about the R3 Project, it’s that it will bring a lot of exciting changes to the Algonquin College Community.
But, with change comes… well, change.
As an Algonquin College employee, you’ll be gradually transitioning to the new Student Information System (SIS), Thesis Student Management (Thesis SM). Once you start to learn about the new SIS, you might ask yourself: What parts of the new SIS are relevant to me? How will I be trained? When do I get access?