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University of Sydney Project Summary

A lack of a consistent standardised reporting framework across the University and the sheer volume of reports (in excess of 48,000 annually) made reporting a time-consuming and cost-intensive exercise at the University of Sydney. The process for the management of budgeting, forecasting and modelling was also widely viewed as inadequate with a lack of opportunity for flexible management of budgets and forecasts. A formulation and implementation of a Business Performance Management strategy was urgently required to allow for improved decision making capabilities and growth in an increasingly competitive tertiary education sector.

The University's primary project objective was to provide a robust, future-proof management reporting environment to enable specialised, periodic and/or on demand reports capable of meeting existing and envisaged information demands. Taysols' role included the formulation of a BPM strategy and the conduct of a subsequent business impact analysis exercise. Taysols designed, architected and project managed the evaluation and subsequent implementation of a data warehouse, budgeting & planning and enterprise reporting environment in what is to date regarded as the largest BPM implementation in the Southern hemisphere.

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"Implementing a unified Business Performance Management platform in a diverse environment like the University is a difficult undertaking. The leadership of Taysols greatly assisted the University in achieving the desired outcome and realising the associated benefits. We are now in an excellent position to build on our gained capabilities and incorporate other systems in the BPM framework." Patrick Woods, Director Financial Operations and Systems.