When do you need the Cerion Accelerator?

The Cerion Accelerator is the service for you when you are starting a management project. Ideally, we would start to service your needs during the planning phase, before you call for tenders and when you are still trying to determine the correct implementation model and scope of the project.

The Cerion Accelerator includes a framework agreement model, which enables you to purchase your project as a service. Therefore, it is worth calling the executive group together in good time and getting them acquainted with the knowledge we have gathered from other higher education institutions.

It is easier for you to decide about the extent of the projects and their goals when you can have access to a high-quality list of 20 items based on the best experiences gained from management projects in higher education institutions.

You will also acquire a road map based on your goals and the road map will help you schedule and rationalise the operational management relating projects over the coming years.

What does it mean when you buy the Cerion Cockpit as a service?

Were you to follow the traditional purchasing model, you would call for tenders for the operational management systems or parts of them.  Under our new service based model, you call for tenders for the desired result, which will be provided for you to use at a fixed monthly invoiced price.

The difference compared with the former system is that the service is focussed on developing and implementing your management model. The information system is only a part of the totality.

In this way, it is easier for you to compare results.  Instead of describing the technical features of the system, service providers will have to present you with the solutions and benefits offered by their bid, which will be easier to compare with your own goals.

Why don’t you just buy a software package as you have done in the past?

The software is only a small part of the management totality.  The most critical impact on the result comes from the efficiency of the management model and implementation project.

Most of the software available meets all of the most central requirements.  One could not be distinguished from the other by any feature that would have an impact on your activities.

On the other hand, your management model is tailored to suit your situation.  The achieved success is then  dependent on how efficiently you transform your goals into actions  And it is for this purpose we have created a service that enables us to transfer the activity demands into technical features on your behalf.

To prevent the project from stopping half way through, we offer you a comprehensive set of internal marketing tools, which will enable you to make the most of your investment in operational management.

Why have we split the system projects into six-month periods?

System project risks start to grow quickly after six months. If you split your purchase into manageable periods, you can ensure success bit by bit.

Of course, if you want to reform your systems completely, six months is not sufficient. Even then, we split the totality into parts. In addition, a phased implementation is often a better option when compared to implementation at one go.

Why would you pay for an implementation project?

Often all the money for management projects is invested in tailoring and installing the system. When the work has been done, the system provider disappears from the scene and leaves you alone with the internal marketing and implementation.

Therefore, we have shifted the emphasis of the project in such a way that we do the implementation from the moment the project starts. We include the supervisors who are the most central to the project and plan the system with them. In this way, your key persons will become familiar with the issue as the project moves along and the implementation phase will be significantly more efficient.

What if you are not pleased with the result?

You can stop the project any time. You will receive a report with up-to-date information about the results at the monthly steering group meeting.

When the projects are split into six-month parts, it is easier for you to manage the risks. You avoid the situation where the application is “99 per cent finished”.  You do one bit at a time and make sure that everything is done and working.

Why would you amend your framework agreement model?

System providers are happy to offer contracts and definition projects that help them to direct projects according to their own preference. To avoid this, you need tools that will help you to keep your goals as the most the important task for the project.

A service based skeleton agreement model ensures that you don’t spend all of your resources on solving technical problems. Time will remain for developing the management model and staff training.

Why is the management model more important than the system?

Several systems on the market would meet the technical requirements of your project. However, not one of them will manage your activities.

In order to allow the management project to be successful, the system has to support your management system seamlessly. In situations where your system provider has no experience in the higher education sector, the result could be a system applied to the wrong ends.

Therefore, we start your project by updating your management system. With its help, we will clarify the functional goals for the project. The technique only supports the functional goals and your management system.