Cloud | SaaS Transformation Readiness
Get your house in order before you move to the cloud.
The move to SaaS is inevitable for most institutions running Ellucian Banner or Colleague. But migrating with years of accumulated customizations, undocumented workarounds, and processes that have drifted far from baseline is a recipe for a painful and expensive transition. The institutions that get SaaS right are the ones that take the time to assess, simplify, and realign before they migrate.
SIG’s SaaS Transformation Readiness practice helps colleges and universities prepare across the dimensions that matter most—process, technology, and organization—so your move to SaaS becomes a springboard for modernization, not just a re-hosting exercise.
How we help
We prepare your institution for SaaS across three critical dimensions:
Business Process: Back to Basics.
Before you can move forward, you need to know how far you’ve drifted from baseline. SIG’s Back to Basics engagement is a focused, onsite set of workshops that assesses how your institution is using Banner or Colleague today versus how the system was designed to be used. The goal is to reduce modification debt, simplify your environment, and build an actionable plan that gets your processes SaaS-ready.
Technology Readiness
We assess your current technical landscape—integrations, custom code, third-party dependencies, data feeds, and infrastructure—to identify what will carry forward to SaaS, what needs to be rebuilt, and what can be retired. Our consultants map the gaps between your on-premise configuration and SaaS requirements, giving your team a clear plan and realistic timeline for the work ahead.
Organizational Readiness
SaaS changes more than technology; it changes how teams work, who owns what, and how decisions get made. We help your institution assess whether your organizational structure, staffing model, and change management capacity are ready for the shift. That includes role alignment, training needs, communication planning, and governance structures to ensure your people are as prepared as your systems.
The SIG difference
We’ve been helping institutions optimize and implement Ellucian systems for over 35 years. Our consultants have seen what happens when schools rush to SaaS without doing the readiness work. They’ve also seen the dramatically better outcomes when institutions invest the time to get their processes, technology, and people aligned first. We bring that experience to every engagement, helping you avoid the pitfalls and make the most of the transition. As an Ellucian Partner of the Year, we are trusted by Ellucian and our clients to ensure your success.
Every day is a chance to dismantle the status quo.
I almost look at SIG as our safety net. We have Ellucian implementing the software, we have our Broward team, but then we have SIG. If we’re going to stumble or fall, SIG is going to be there to help pick us up—because they’re in it with us for the long haul.
Liz Perrone, Implementation Director, Broward College