Last semester, two of our instructors were tapped by the university to do the enrollment system. Summer, were the dry run days of the system and this semester is the full implementation of the said system.
On the question stated above, what are the possible reasons on why the university tapped in-house resources? Was it because they’ve realized that they can make money out of it (hmmmm.. sounds fishy,bato bato sa langit ang tamaan wag magalit!) or what? Did the university think of the possible consequences in tapping in house resources? For example, the classes that the instructors gave up just to do the enrollment system. We, students were the ones who are greatly affected on this. Affected in good and bad ways (I’ll tackle it later).
Anyway, for me these are the reasons:
1. Dissatisfaction with the provider
2. MONEY
3. Problems on the system and the maintenance of it.
4. Taking full advantage of the resources inside the university.
During our SAD 1 (Mam Tammy was still our instructor), we went to the registrar’s office and asked several questions. Our registrar told us that they have encountered a lot of problems with the old system; she just didn’t tell us what those problems are (sorry on us, ehheheh). Anyway, from there I can clearly say that there are problems that are not addressed by the old system, probably the university felt that they are not satisfied with the old system and it is time to change.
Second, MONEY, considering the financial crisis that the world have gone through, so organizations like USEP should really think twice if they are going to spend money for a particular service. For me, every peso counts, we should think of the quality of the service being given. And as what I have stated above, is it really worth to spend 70,000 pesos a month if the provider cannot address the problems of the old system in the university? For me, it’s not, there are still bigger problems that need attention, for example, the Laboratory 1 of IC, yes, there are computers but it cannot accommodate the students, some of it are not functioning well or even not working at all. I am sorry, I just cannot help myself to react on the situation, and I just want to express my sentiments on this. Let’s just go back to the topic, on my own opinion (which I guess I’ve been really telling, hehe) the University thinks that if they will tap in-house resources, they can save more on the money and making the most of the resources available inside the university.
My third reason is, in terms of the problems and maintenance of the system, it would be good if it is in-house resources since the developers can immediately resolve the said problems or if there are departments who have difficult time in using the system, they can be attend to their needs right away. For me, the problem if it is outsource, it would take time contacting the developers, probably there are still other commitments or other important matters they need to attend to, so, the transactions within the university would be delayed right? Even though there are IT specialists in the University but still they cannot resolve the problem since they do not have the right in configuring the system (since it is not own by the university).
Taking full advantage of the resources inside the university is my last reason. Why did I say so? As what I have said above, we should make sure that every time we spend money it will give us the quality that we need, we should also make sure that it is long lasting and would address our problems. The university does have very good in-house resources and two of my instructors are part of it. Mam Tammy is the 2nd to have a doctorate degree in IC, I’ve also heard that Mam Tammy was also tasked before to develop and implement a system in the university. I may not know her that much but I can clearly see that she would not achieve what she has achieved today if she’s not good right? It’s really my first time to be with her but then it didn’t pushed through because of the development of the enrollment system of the university in which she is tasked to do.
Engr. Cagape is really good in managing and developing systems most especially in database. Being with him (I mean, as his student for quite long, way back on my first year in college), I can clearly tell that he has the skills and very excellent working attitude. Also, as far as I can remember, during our lecture in database days, he asked a question “how long will a system live?”, all of us were quiet and do not really know what to answer (no kidding!). There, he told us one of his experiences, he made a system for a specific store near UIC, and the system is still running up to now, he told us, that as long as the system can answer all of the client’s needs and problems, then, the system would live longer and the client is satisfied.
For me, those were my reasons. Why would the University go with outsourcing when it has great in-house resources, right? There are actually pros and cons in our every move right? But, was it a good decision on the part of the university? For me, yes! Why do I say so? Since USEP has resources, why not use it, right? There are hidden talents and skills available most especially from the students, they can also take part in the development of a system, knowing IC it is the cream of the crop in USEP. And in view of the fact that we know what the problem is, therefore we are the ones who knows how are we going to solve it.
Going back to what I have said above that tapping in-house resources do affect the university in a bad way. WE, students are greatly affected! When we say “experience is the best teacher”, yes it’s true, now during lectures, the more experienced people do have so many things to share to his students on the subject matter, thus, it will also help the students enrich their knowledge and losing the instructors with experiences would greatly affect the students. But on our part, even though we didn’t pushed through with Mam Tammy, we are with RSG who has great ideas and would help us conquer our fears and discover our strengths (no kidding sir!hehe). There was one thing that Sir RSG told us, we should be proud and happy that our instructors are practicing what they have learned and experienced not just talking about theories etc, which is true.
To end this, all I can say (is this really all I can say? hehe) we should stand up for whatever decisions we made and are going to make in the future.
On the question stated above, what are the possible reasons on why the university tapped in-house resources? Was it because they’ve realized that they can make money out of it (hmmmm.. sounds fishy,bato bato sa langit ang tamaan wag magalit!) or what? Did the university think of the possible consequences in tapping in house resources? For example, the classes that the instructors gave up just to do the enrollment system. We, students were the ones who are greatly affected on this. Affected in good and bad ways (I’ll tackle it later).
Anyway, for me these are the reasons:
1. Dissatisfaction with the provider
2. MONEY
3. Problems on the system and the maintenance of it.
4. Taking full advantage of the resources inside the university.
During our SAD 1 (Mam Tammy was still our instructor), we went to the registrar’s office and asked several questions. Our registrar told us that they have encountered a lot of problems with the old system; she just didn’t tell us what those problems are (sorry on us, ehheheh). Anyway, from there I can clearly say that there are problems that are not addressed by the old system, probably the university felt that they are not satisfied with the old system and it is time to change.
Second, MONEY, considering the financial crisis that the world have gone through, so organizations like USEP should really think twice if they are going to spend money for a particular service. For me, every peso counts, we should think of the quality of the service being given. And as what I have stated above, is it really worth to spend 70,000 pesos a month if the provider cannot address the problems of the old system in the university? For me, it’s not, there are still bigger problems that need attention, for example, the Laboratory 1 of IC, yes, there are computers but it cannot accommodate the students, some of it are not functioning well or even not working at all. I am sorry, I just cannot help myself to react on the situation, and I just want to express my sentiments on this. Let’s just go back to the topic, on my own opinion (which I guess I’ve been really telling, hehe) the University thinks that if they will tap in-house resources, they can save more on the money and making the most of the resources available inside the university.
My third reason is, in terms of the problems and maintenance of the system, it would be good if it is in-house resources since the developers can immediately resolve the said problems or if there are departments who have difficult time in using the system, they can be attend to their needs right away. For me, the problem if it is outsource, it would take time contacting the developers, probably there are still other commitments or other important matters they need to attend to, so, the transactions within the university would be delayed right? Even though there are IT specialists in the University but still they cannot resolve the problem since they do not have the right in configuring the system (since it is not own by the university).
Taking full advantage of the resources inside the university is my last reason. Why did I say so? As what I have said above, we should make sure that every time we spend money it will give us the quality that we need, we should also make sure that it is long lasting and would address our problems. The university does have very good in-house resources and two of my instructors are part of it. Mam Tammy is the 2nd to have a doctorate degree in IC, I’ve also heard that Mam Tammy was also tasked before to develop and implement a system in the university. I may not know her that much but I can clearly see that she would not achieve what she has achieved today if she’s not good right? It’s really my first time to be with her but then it didn’t pushed through because of the development of the enrollment system of the university in which she is tasked to do.
Engr. Cagape is really good in managing and developing systems most especially in database. Being with him (I mean, as his student for quite long, way back on my first year in college), I can clearly tell that he has the skills and very excellent working attitude. Also, as far as I can remember, during our lecture in database days, he asked a question “how long will a system live?”, all of us were quiet and do not really know what to answer (no kidding!). There, he told us one of his experiences, he made a system for a specific store near UIC, and the system is still running up to now, he told us, that as long as the system can answer all of the client’s needs and problems, then, the system would live longer and the client is satisfied.
For me, those were my reasons. Why would the University go with outsourcing when it has great in-house resources, right? There are actually pros and cons in our every move right? But, was it a good decision on the part of the university? For me, yes! Why do I say so? Since USEP has resources, why not use it, right? There are hidden talents and skills available most especially from the students, they can also take part in the development of a system, knowing IC it is the cream of the crop in USEP. And in view of the fact that we know what the problem is, therefore we are the ones who knows how are we going to solve it.
Going back to what I have said above that tapping in-house resources do affect the university in a bad way. WE, students are greatly affected! When we say “experience is the best teacher”, yes it’s true, now during lectures, the more experienced people do have so many things to share to his students on the subject matter, thus, it will also help the students enrich their knowledge and losing the instructors with experiences would greatly affect the students. But on our part, even though we didn’t pushed through with Mam Tammy, we are with RSG who has great ideas and would help us conquer our fears and discover our strengths (no kidding sir!hehe). There was one thing that Sir RSG told us, we should be proud and happy that our instructors are practicing what they have learned and experienced not just talking about theories etc, which is true.
To end this, all I can say (is this really all I can say? hehe) we should stand up for whatever decisions we made and are going to make in the future.
