Case Study: Portland State University improves budgeting and enrollment planning with Prolifics and IBM Cognos TM1

Portland State University - Customer Case Study

Portland State University (PSU), a large and diverse public university, faced significant challenges in managing its finances and enrollment planning. Their existing process relied on fragmented and manually intensive Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, making it inefficient and error-prone to consolidate data from over 50 departments. To modernize its performance management, PSU partnered with vendor Prolifics to implement IBM Cognos TM1.

Prolifics implemented a web-based, automated performance management solution using TM1. This system streamlined the budgeting process, automated integration with the Ellucian Banner system, and introduced new models for enrollment and tuition revenue forecasting. The results included significantly shortened budget cycles, a 67% efficiency gain in some planning models, and the new ability to perform granular, data-driven analysis that was previously impossible.

Portland State University

Robert Naranjo

Business System Analyst/Programmer