KSU - Strategic Planning Software

The contract is for the provision of strategic planning software to Kennesaw State University. The software should allow for the entry of initiatives and alignment with the university's strategic plan objectives, as well as project management functionality and key performance indicators. The contract was awarded to Envisio Solutions, Inc. with an estimated value of $150,000. The contract term is expected to be from the date of award until the end of the state's current fiscal year, with four one-year options to renew. Some of the key features of the software include customization of language, integration with data reporting tools, browser-based reports, and data visualization capabilities. The vendor is expected to provide training and support to the university personnel, as well as a customer support website with FAQs, documentation, and the ability to open and monitor service tickets. Some key points to consider are: • The software should be able to integrate with data reporting tools such as PowerBI and Tableau. • The software should have browser-based reports with customizable set-ups, including sorts, groupings, and selection criteria generated in a variety of exportable formats. • The software should have data visualization capabilities to produce charts, graphs, and multiple dashboarding components. • The software should be able to record, update, and track strategies, programs, objectives, project tracking, and action items. • The software should be able to capture attributes of strategies, programs, objectives, project tracking, and tasks such as long descriptions, short descriptions, notes, images, and links. • The solution should have the ability to assign/maintain relationships between metrics and strategies, programs, program objectives, departments, initiatives, funding, priorities, and tasks. • The software should be accessible at multi-department levels. • The software should be able to create outward-facing views of performance data separately from the internal system. • The system should integrate to allow for Single Sign-On capabilities. • The software should allow for custom reporting dates. • The software should allow for roll-up and aggregated data at the strategy level for reporting purposes. • The software should archive previous plans and allow for new plan development.