Towards creation of unified computerized Towards creation of unified computerized university management system: university management system: problems and solutionsproblems and solutions

V.V. Tryhuk

Brest State University

named after A.S. Pushkin, Brest, Belarus

К созданию единой компьютеризованной К созданию единой компьютеризованной системы университетского менеджмента: системы университетского менеджмента: проблемы и решенияпроблемы и решения

В.В. Тригук

Бресткий государственный университет имени А.С. Пушкина, Брест, Беларусь

Current state: mixture of Current state: mixture of different software different software applicationsapplications

Many departments had developed their own software Many departments had developed their own software suites to address their own tasks and needssuites to address their own tasks and needs

Problem 1Problem 1: Most developments contain duplicate core : Most developments contain duplicate core data (staff and/or students info, syllabuses, etc). data (staff and/or students info, syllabuses, etc).

SolutionSolution: a single, integrated, covering as many as : a single, integrated, covering as many as possible aspects of university management system possible aspects of university management system must be createdmust be created

Single integrated Single integrated university management university management systemsystem

Problem 2:Problem 2: ideal management ideal management system tends to be very complexsystem tends to be very complex

Extensive discussions involving Extensive discussions involving staff members from different staff members from different university divisions must be held university divisions must be held to clarify project targets and goalsto clarify project targets and goals

Problem 3Problem 3: employee turnover. Programmers often : employee turnover. Programmers often migrate to commercial companies that offer higher salaries. migrate to commercial companies that offer higher salaries.

Implementation Implementation problemsproblems

Problem 4: Problem 4: lack of code documentationlack of code documentation

long asdf, qwert, bs121; // whatever…

As a result, unfinished projects are hard to finish, As a result, unfinished projects are hard to finish, maintaining existing projects is a complicated taskmaintaining existing projects is a complicated task

Frameworks and Frameworks and librarieslibraries Commercial Commercial

A possible solutionA possible solution is is open source modelopen source model Numerous large and successful projects prove the Numerous large and successful projects prove the

concept of concept of free and open sourcefree and open source

Unified university management system is a Unified university management system is a non-non-commercial commercial project, being created project, being created by us and for usby us and for us

Benefits of open Benefits of open sourcesource

A note on cloud A note on cloud computingcomputing

ConclusionsConclusions