IT Not A Player at Noclu College OR

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IT Not A Player at Noclu CollegeOR

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"When you come to a fork in the road....take it
-- Yogi Berra
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The Consultancy
J.C Ruch Art Fridrich Steve Landry Serving
Dan Terrio, CIO

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The Issue

The IT Unit does not seem to be a major player in
the institutional direction and priorities.
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The Manifestations
The IT unit isnt getting the resources it needs
to Maintain the infrastructure Faculty members
arent using the resources that are provided The
Deans and VPs dont look to IT for partners
when opportunities arise

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The Client

• Pacific NW University
• No Strategic Plan or Vision
• Liberal Arts
• 3,000 Students
• College of Arts and Sciences 1,872 Graduate
  School of Education and Counseling 633 School
  of Law 754
• 700 Faculty and Staff
• 530 fulltime
• Highly Decentralized Academic Organization
• 4 of 7 New Executive Team Members,
• including the President

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The IT Environment
26 IT Staff Members Client Services 7 Network
and Telecommunications 7 Information Systems
4 IMS 4 Administration 4 7 Law School
Desktop Services 6 Library System Admin -
1 CIO Reports to COO No Governance Structure

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Recommendations

• Seat at The Table is not necessarily important,
  so long as you
• Create a Virtual Table or
• Build your own Table that..
• Focuses on building relationships
• which ultimately results in you being invited

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More Importantly

Initiate the process to commence the development
of a Strategic Plan What is it you hope to
achieve through the Strategic Plan?
(initiatives) Who to involve? What is the
framework from which the Plan can be
developed? Executive Level Buy-in? Is it a Top
Down or Bottom Up approach? Undertake Gap
Analysis
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What is it you want?

Demonstrate that you are listening to the
University community Find opportunities for
partnerships and initiatives Through these you
hope to build a base of support throughout the
University
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Then Develop Strategic Plan

IT Resources Governance Policy Staffing
Knowledge, skills and abilities Management
Systems Organization structure Communication
s Processes Systems Budget
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Then Develop Strategic Plan PT 2

• IT Performance
• Outcomes/Results Metrics
• External Relationships
• Application of Technical Knowledge
• Architecture
• Applications
• Empowerment of users

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Then Develop Strategic Plan Pt 3

• IT Capacity
• Culture
• Leadership
• Organizational learning

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Questions?

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