Towards creation of unified computerized university management system: problems and solutions V.V. Tryhuk Brest State University named after A.S. Pushkin, Brest, Belarus К созданию единой компьютеризованной системы университетского менеджмента: проблемы и решения В.В. Тригук Бресткий государственный университет имени А.С. Пушкина, Брест, Беларусь

Current state: mixture of different software applications Many departments had developed their own software suites to address their own tasks and needs Many departments had developed their own software suites to address their own tasks and needs Problem 1: Most developments contain duplicate core data (staff and/or students info, syllabuses, etc). Problem 1: Most developments contain duplicate core data (staff and/or students info, syllabuses, etc). Solution: a single, integrated, covering as many as possible aspects of university management system must be created Solution: a single, integrated, covering as many as possible aspects of university management system must be created

Single integrated university management system Problem 2: ideal management system tends to be very complex Problem 2: ideal management system tends to be very complex Extensive discussions involving staff members from different university divisions must be held to clarify project targets and goals Extensive discussions involving staff members from different university divisions must be held to clarify project targets and goals

Problem 3: employee turnover. Programmers often migrate to commercial companies that offer higher salaries. Problem 3: employee turnover. Programmers often migrate to commercial companies that offer higher salaries. Implementation problems Problem 4: lack of code documentation Problem 4: lack of code documentation long asdf, qwert, bs121; // whatever… As a result, unfinished projects are hard to finish, maintaining existing projects is a complicated task As a result, unfinished projects are hard to finish, maintaining existing projects is a complicated task

Frameworks and libraries Commercial Commercial

A possible solution is open source model Numerous large and successful projects prove the concept of free and open source Numerous large and successful projects prove the concept of free and open source Unified university management system is a non-commercial project, being created by us and for us Unified university management system is a non-commercial project, being created by us and for us

Benefits of open source

A note on cloud computing

Conclusions