This SSP Implementation Toolkit is provided as a helpful guide of the activity and tasks that may need to be considered to implement SSP. It is for reference only and is not intended to be exhaustive or restrictive. It is a reference point for those considering an SSP adoption. It is not SSP version specific and you will need to adapt it to your unique needs and resources.
Planning
- Evaluate the Student Success Plan (SSP)
- Discovery
- Identification of Goals / Outcomes
- Review SSP Tools / Features
- Perform GAP / Fit Analysis
- Make Decision on SSP Implementation
- Establish Implementation Governance
- Project Initiation and Sponsorship
- Establish a Charter for the Project
- Perform Project Planning
- Define the Implementation Team
- Establish the Players and Their Roles
- Establish the Players and Their Roles
- Ensure Operational Readiness
- Hardware
- Software
- Infrastructure
- Support Systems
- Control Change Management
- Communication Planning
- Documentation Planning
- Go / No Go Definitions
- Requests for Change
- Measure Effectiveness to End Users
- Define Measures of Success
- Understand Data / Reporting Needs
- Locate Data and Tools to Acquire It
- Plan for Ongoing Resources
Execution
- Complete the Technical Implementation
- Review the Requirements
- Prepare the Environment
- Install SSP
- Integrate SSP
- Test SSP
- Facilitate the Process/Business Implementation
- Review the Configuration Guide
- Configure SSP
- End User Validation Testing of SSP
- Communicate Broadly
- Get the word out
- Get the word out
- Provide Training
- End Users
- Functional Administrator(s)
- IT & Support Staff
- IR & Reporting Staff
- Transition to Ongoing Operations
- Document Everything
- Make a Clean Hand Off
- Determine Project Effectiveness and Lessons Learned
- Did we Succeed?
- What did we Learn?
- Project Closure
- Celebrate!