California State University : Its Common Management System Has Higher Than Reported Costs, Less Than Optimal Functionality, and Questionable Procurement

Concerns the CA State Univ's. Common Mgmt. System (CMS). The univ. did not establish a bus. case for CMS by preparing a feasibility study demonstrating that CMS is a worthwhile expend. of univ. resources. Further, its previous CMS cost projections understated the costs of CMS, most recently projected at $662 mill., including $269 mill. for maintenance & operations, over the now nine-year development & implementation period. Moreover, it has yet to establish a mechanism to adequately monitor overall systemwide CMS costs, nor establish a systemwide funding plan for the project. Also, the report casts doubt on whether CMS will achieve all the objectives the univ. intended, nor offer what could have been achieved from a systemwide project. Charts & tables.Howle, Elaine M. is the author of 'California State University : Its Common Management System Has Higher Than Reported Costs, Less Than Optimal Functionality, and Questionable Procurement', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756734374 and ISBN 0756734371.