Yale's Business Transformation

Yale Daily News

Published: Thursday, September 24, 2009

Is Yale U. starting to run more like Yale Inc.?

By Isaac Arnsdorf

Staff Reporter

Enter YaleNext

Planning for the project began in earnest over a year ago, and it was formally launched last November after receiving approval from the Yale Corporation the month before. The multi-million-dollar project, which rolls out in stages over the next four years, will unite Yale’s internal maze of computer applications, Web sites, networks and paper forms currently spread across 11 separate systems. The program includes a centralized human resources call center and new infrastructures for reporting expenses, ordering supplies and accounting for grants. The snappy, elided brand already seemed to be an improvement over the ominous code-name of the Oracle software’s introduction: Project X. Knowing the project would last four years, the working group decided the project needed a catchy name — and the constant talk of the “transformation of administrative processes and systems” was growing cumbersome. click here to read more>>>