The purpose of this page is to collect material that is helpful in building the business case for using Kuali software.

Mitigating the Risks of Big Systemsprovides a good primer for people charged with managing and replacing enterprise systems.

The Unbundling of Software and Support makes the economic case for the Community Source model for developing and sustaining enterprise-scale, quality software.

The following articles provide insight into the evolution of the Community Source model over time

• Open Source 2007: How Did This Happen?
• Open Source 2010: Reflections on 2007

The University of Washington has shared a white paper comparing projected costs for participating in Kuali Student versus a typical vendor solution.

This resource provides an overview of Open Source Collaboration in Higher Education

The Sun and rSmart Kuali Financial System Implementation Technical White Paper provides helpful informaiton for estimating hardware requirements associated with implementing KFS on a Sun Microsystems platform.

We encourage you to look over the resources offered by the http://edu1world.org Open Source community. Edu1world is free for the Higher Education community.

rSmart has prepared an excellent document that shares the process and learning of the first Kuali implementations. Do not miss rSmart's Keys to Success.

Brad Wheeler's EDUCAUSE presentation Collaboration is Strategy is available here.