Are You Ready
to Transform?

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Moran helps higher education leaders build transformation readiness across people, processes, data, and digital identity before the implementation clock starts.

Don’t Wait to Prepare

Your institution is moving forward with an ERP/SIS transformation. There’s a lot to prepare from governance gaps to data quality concerns and change management demands, not to mention a complex identity and cybersecurity environment.

Don’t wait to address these when the implementation is underway. Moran partners with university leaders and their teams to design a clear, honest picture of institutional readiness and prioritize what needs to happen so you can get ahead of the risks that can derail even well-funded ERP/SIS projects.

How We Make It Happen

ERP/SIS readiness is not a single workstream. It requires parallel progress across several areas, and the earlier that work begins the less disruptive and costly it is to address.

Dimensions of ERP/SIS Readiness

  • Plan and Ensure Progress

    Establish your roadmap, executive support, staffing plan, and decision-making structures.

  • Prepare for Change

    Develop your OCM strategy, pursue business process redesign, and identify AI optimization opportunities ahead of implementation.

  • Cultivate Data Readiness

    Assess your data environment, address quality issues, and build internal conversion capability.

  • Ensure Digital Identity and Cybersecurity Readiness

    Build a mature identity and security program ready for the demands of transformation.

What We Deliver

  • A clear, prioritized readiness plan across all four dimensions

  • Risk identification and proactive mitigation before implementation begins

  • Organizational change management strategy and stakeholder engagement plan

  • Data readiness assessment and conversion preparation

  • Digital identity and cybersecurity readiness roadmap

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  • Moran brought the strategic insight we needed to build an infrastructure roadmap that aligns perfectly with our academic and operational goals. The roadmap they developed with us has become a cornerstone of our IT planning and a key communication tool with campus leadership. Their collaborative approach helped us create a clear, actionable roadmap that guided our infrastructure investments for the last five years.

    Private University Vice President for IT, CIO & CISO
  • Partnering with Moran was a turning point for our IT organization. They helped us uncover foundational areas for digital transformation, guided us in building a strategic roadmap to address long-standing challenges, and coached our team with clarity and purpose. Their support empowered us to make real progress toward becoming a more agile and service-oriented IT operation.

    Public Research University Chief Information Officer
  • Moran has been an invaluable partner, providing clarity, confidence, and structure as our university navigates a complex systems transition. Their expertise has helped us anticipate challenges, address risks early, and position our university for long-term success.

    Private Online University Chief Information Officer
  • The Moran team’s higher ed experience and their depth and breadth of knowledge were invaluable in the creation of our IT strategic assessment. In addition to their experience and knowledge, they are fantastic to work with!

    Private Art & Design College Chief Information Officer
  • Moran provided an excellent overview reflecting the work both Moran’s and our team have driven together. The feedback from my team was genuinely positive, and we could not have gotten here without Moran’s guidance, expertise, project oversight, and openness to feedback. Moran delivered a thoughtful, well-structured roadmap that clearly ties together governance, lifecycle, data abstraction layer considerations, with a strong focus on keeping it actionable.

    Private University Chief Information Security Officer
  • Cybersecurity strategy evolves rapidly with emerging threats and as a small university with no dedicated cybersecurity staff, most of our efforts were still focused solely on protection and prevention. The Moran Cybersecurity team used the NIST CSF 2.0 as a tool to teach us what’s expected of a mature cybersecurity program and give us a roadmap to build a comprehensive program — all while demonstrating a nuanced understanding of the unique challenges small universities face.

    Private Liberal Arts University Chief Information Officer
  • You have such a rockstar team on the SailPoint project. They are moving us along and it’s going great!

    Private University Chief Information Officer
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Expertise You Can Trust

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