May 19, 2006

U. of Wisconsin Reconsiders Payroll Software After 6 Years and $26-Million

By DAN CARNEVALE

The University of Wisconsin System has put its conversion to a new payroll system on hold after suffering years of difficulties and spending $26-million on it.

System officials said nothing was wrong with the software, which they bought from Lawson Software Inc. But they said complications had arisen during the six years they had spent trying to adapt the software to the way the university operates.

Donald J. Mash, executive senior vice president at Wisconsin, said the size and

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