Help & Resources

Resources and training opportunities are available for faculty, staff and students. A more in depth training plan is currently being developed.

While you learn the ctcLink system, you will come across many acronyms and terminology. Below is a list of the most common acronyms and their meanings:

  • 3Cs: Communications, Comments and Checklists
  • AAR: Academic Advisement Report
  • ADKAR: Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability and Reinforcement
  • AM: Absence Management
  • AP: Accounts Payable
  • AR: Accounts Receivable
  • AWE: Approval Workflow Engine
  • AWS: Amazon Web Services
  • BEN: Benefits
  • BPM: Business Process Mapping
  • BPFG: Business Process Fit Gap
  • BU: Business Unit
  • CAP: Change Action Plan
  • cDR: ctcLink Document Repository
  • CE: Continuing Education
  • cELC: ctcLink Executive Leadership Committee
  • CEMLI: Configuration, Extension, Modification, Localization and Integration
  • CIA: Change Impact Analysis
  • CoA: Chart of Accounts
  • COMMS: Communications
  • CPW: Common Process Workshop
  • CS: Campus Solutions
  • DG: Deployment Group
  • DRS: Department of Retirement Systems
  • ER: Expense Report
  • ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning
  • ES: Executive Sponsor
  • ESS: Employee Self-Service
  • EUT: End User Training
  • EX: Expenses
  • FA: Financial Aid
  • FIN: Finance
  • FMS: Financial Air Management
  • FNC: Functional Testing
  • FWL: Faculty Workload
  • FY: Fiscal Year
  • GDA: Global Design Adoption
  • GDR: Global Design Review
  • GL: General Ledger
  • GM: Grants Management
  • HCM: Human Capital Management
  • HR: Human Resource
  • ILT: Instructor Led Training
  • KK: Commitment Control
  • Legacy: Reference to the system we are replacing (HP, SMS, FMS, etc)
  • MSS: Manager Self-Service
  • OAA: Online Admissions Application
  • OCIO: Office of the Chief Information Officer.
  • OCM: Organizational Change Management
  • OSECE: Online Student Enrollment for Continuing Education
  • OTM: Oracle Test Manager
  • OU: Operating Unit
  • PAY: Payroll
  • PC: Project Costing
  • Pcard: Procurement Card
  • PI: Principal Investigator
  • Pillar: Name for the broad categories of work done in PeopleSoft (HCM, CS, FIN, CE)
  • PM: Project Manager
  • PMO: Project Management Office
  • PO: Purchase Order
  • POI: Person of Interest
  • PRD: Production Environment
  • PS: PeopleSoft
  • PWA: Project Web Application
  • QA: Quality Assurance
  • QARS: Quality Assurance Reporting System
  • QRG: Quick Reference Guide
  • RTM: Requirements Traceability Matrix
  • SF: Student Financials
  • SIT: System Integration Testing
  • SME: Subject Matter Expert
  • SMS: Student Management System
  • T&L: Time and Labor
  • TA: Travel Authorization
  • TAM: Talent Acquisition Management
  • TBD: To Be Determined
  • TECH: Technical
  • TR: Treasury
  • TSB: Technology Services Board
  • UAT: User Acceptance Testing
  • VC: Value Chain

The below links are a great place to start learning about the ctcLink project:

  • State Board ctcLink Site: Provides background on the project that’s coordinating the ctcLink transition across the WA college system.
  • ctcLink Connect: A blog on ctcLink that includes updates from schools that have gone live.
  • ctcLink Reference Center: ctcLink website with a lot of relevant information on ctcLink, common process maps, quick reference guides, etc. 
  • Project Kickoff Information: College Project Managers and SMEs can utilize this information to gain a high level of understanding of all the upcoming project activities.

The ctcLink project will be implementing a new delivered software system, PeopleSoft by Oracle. To learn more about this new platform, you can view informational videos below:

Questions? If you have any questions or issues with accessing courses or would like more resources, please contact ctclink@bellevuecollege.edu.

Last Updated August 29, 2021