What is Mosaic?

Mosaic has two intertwined, yet distinct objectives:

1. Improve the way the university operates (modernize business processes)
2. Replace the computer systems that are used to operate much of the university with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system

Many of the systems that McMaster currently uses no longer meet the University’s requirements. Many of the business processes that use those systems are also straining to meet the changing needs of McMaster.

Areas

Mosaic will replace the current systems used for:

• student administration
• finance
• research administration
• human resources
• business intelligence

Benefits

The improved processes and new system implemented by Mosaic will:

• Enhance student service
• Give researchers better tools to manage their research accounts
• Give staff better tools to do their jobs, in areas such as financial administration, student administration and human resources
• Deliver better information to guide University planning

Project Status

Mosaic has entered the testing stage for the finance and research finance portions of McMaster’s new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Development of the training curriculum is underway for the PeopleSoft software tools that launch in December. In addition to its research finance work, the research administration team is also increasing work on the pre-awards portion of Mosaic which is set to launch next May. Meanwhile, the human resources and student administration teams are continuing to work towards their respective launch dates in 2014.

NEW: Training Schedule Released

Sept. 30- The training schedule is now available. Read the details on our training page.

Glossary and Terms

Wondering what a voucher is? or what happened to the old Screen 32/44? The Mosaic glossary will help you translate McMaster's legacy terms to PeopleSoft. A list of research specific terms is also available.

Financial Systems Info Video

In August, Mosaic hosted several information session about the new finance and research finance system that will launch in December. If you couldn't attend, a video recording of the first session is available along with the slide deck.

End User System Requirements

Generally, users will be able to access the new PeopleSoft system with a recent version of any of the major web browsers; however, there are a few exceptions. Read the details in our system requirements guide.

Student Administration specific FAQs added

A new page of FAQs answers many of the questions raised at April’s student administration event.

Updated (July) Project Timeline

Learn more about Mosaic's revised launch schedule.

President Patrick Deane discusses Mosaic