Project FOCUS Updates

Following the launch of Project FOCUS, it was determined bringing closely-related initiatives under the Project FOCUS umbrella would have a positive impact. The Project FOCUS Steering Committee identified a number of active projects as relating to the larger initiative. These initiatives are in addition to FOCUS Financials, which will explore all the processes, resources and tools UNB employs on a financial level.

The Project FOCUS umbrella will allow for various initiatives to integrate processes, systems, and resources so the university can leverage the investment in each project to the benefit of future projects. This also creates a shared understanding of how a particular initiative should run, resulting in cost- and time-saving efforts.

FOCUS CAE is an initiative designed to improve the process of administering contracts for UNB’s Contract Academic Employees, as the current processes are lengthy and hard to maintain.

A pilot of the new system has occurred and the initiative is now in beta testing. Training is scheduled to begin at the end of November. A university-wide roll-out of this new CAE contract system is scheduled for mid-January 2017.

FOCUS CAE commenced prior to the launch of Project FOCUS and has been brought into the overall program in an effort to ensure integration and consistency of all aspects of our enterprise system. Future initiatives will also be evaluated to determine if they fall under the Project FOCUS umbrella, and will be introduced as they become part of the program.