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What is Banner?

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has chosen to use SunGard’s Banner Information System for its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) infrastructure. ERP is a solution to integrate multiple business processes and functions into one common system and serves a variety of needs while maintaining accountability for essential services such as personnel, student and financial systems.

The Banner system at UNCP is used to enhance technology support facilitating the achievement of institutional goals and objectives. The integrated features of the Banner system enable the institution to perform its critical functions in an efficient and creative manner while reducing operational costs. The integrated nature of the Banner database promotes data accuracy and user confidence.

 

Use of the Banner System

The following concepts guide the official use of the Banner System at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke:

• Institutional use of Banner will be governed by applicable laws and policies of the State of North Carolina, the University of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
• Banner utilization by the University will be driven by the system’s ability to support achievement of institutional directives, goals and objectives. The primary purpose of the Banner ERP system is to enable and support mission critical processes.
• Because of the integrated nature of the Banner ERP system, usage of the Banner system must be consistent with and must not hinder support for mission critical functional office processes.
• Institutional utilization of Banner will be guided by the University’s Administrative Systems and Banner Advisory Committee.
• Banner functionality and data is the property of University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
• Access to the Banner system and data is defined by multiple institutional technology and data security policies. These policies direct that access to the Banner system and related data is restricted and unauthorized access is prohibited.
• Use of Banner functionality and data is governed by multiple institutional policies; however, all proposed expansion to institutional utilization of Banner requiring a significant use of IT resources will be reviewed by the Administrative Systems and Banner Advisory Committee for recommendations.
• The use of Banner data not in accordance with official University policy is prohibited.

Request for changes in Banner System

Requests for changes in the Banner ERP system are guided by multiple process documents and all requests for cross-functional changes must be acted upon by the Administrative Systems and Banner Advisory Committee and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Functional areas are owners of their module and define functional processes without the need for review by the Administrative Systems and Banner Advisory Committee or DoIT. Changes impacting single functional areas may be brought to the Administrative Systems and Banner Advisory Committee for review and possible impact on other areas.

The following concepts should guide the decision process for cross-module changes or expansion or changes in Banner functionality:

• How will the request support institutional goals and objectives?
• Is the request consistent with applicable laws, policies, and processes?
• Is the request consistent with the integrated services purpose of Banner?
• Will the request enhance the integrated services provided by Banner?
• How will the request impact the efficient use of the Banner system?
  
• Will the request limit or negatively impact mission critical functionality in support of the primary functional offices?
  
• How will effectiveness of the change be measured?
  
• What is the financial impact of the requested change?
  
• What is the impact on technical support for Banner in both the functional offices and Information Technology?
  
• Will the change promote the efficient dissemination of accurate and consistent information to faculty, staff, and students

 

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Updated: Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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