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Originally Posted by ItsKaobo
I just want to know how much did mac spend on the new system......
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Haha no you really dont.
I would guess the following (based on pure speculation, a bit of quick reading and some industry knowledge)
- Initial transition costs over 2-4 years
(approval boards, hearings, vendor meetings, staff training, student resource creation, etc. More costs that you can imagine)
$10-20 million
- Vendor License costs (peoplesoft):
$750,000 to $1 million. Additional costs for upgrades every 2-3 years
- Support costs (peoplesoft + business partners)
Initial support: 5 million
Continuing support every year: >$1million
Overrun Costs:
- 5 Million (at least. A few USA schools have said their overrun costs have been in the $20+ million range)
Hardware costs:
- New servers OR cloud based solutions license. (or a hybrid setup)
Its my total guess. But if you were thinking cheap ... think again. If anything I low-balled. ERP solutions are incredibly expensive and have a long history of massive overruns due to high complexity.