Operational Planning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Operational Planning

Project Management for Student Affairs: Ending the Never-Ending Project

February 21, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2008

Far too often, IT tasks that should be treated as projects creep into the realm of operations with no definable start or finish. This session will clearly define the difference between a project an…

Effective Use of Streaming Media for E-Learning and Its Impact on IT Planning and Operations

January 1, 2002

In order to use streaming media to support learning, significant infrastructure needs to be in place for operations, training, design, development, and production. In this session, we will focus on…

University Information Processes: Architects for the Virtual University

January 1, 1998

The University of Michigan's Information Technology Division established a work group dedicated to process analysis, innovation, redesign, and reengineering throughout the institution. This p…

The Proceedings of the 1993 CAUSE Annual Conference

January 1, 1993

The 1993 CAUSE Annual Conference offered presentations in six tracks: Leadership During Times of Change; Leveraging People with Technology; The Impact of Quality; Managing in a Client/Server Enviro…

Cost Accounting a Network--A Case Study

January 1, 1997

Many schools offer "no-cost" computing and many have established ways to charge back users for information technology services. Whether paid by individuals or budgeted at a central level,…

Assessing New Technologies & Products: Insights to Consider

January 1, 1996

Using new technologies often requires IT management to confront complex decisions. Products, methodologies or entire market segments can be transient. Previously unmet needs escalate. Frazzled IT…

Captive Clients: The High Road to Customer Involvement

January 1, 1996

The more involved customers are in the development, design, and testing of an information system, the better the resulting system. However, the best, most knowledgeable customers are exactly the p…

Merging of Voice, Video, and Data Over a Single Cabling Infrastructure

January 1, 1995

This paper offers a detailed description of the construction methodology to integrate into a single project the design, construction phase, and operations of a residence hall rewiring project. This…

Information Technology Planning: Letting the Users Take Over--A Federated Framework for Information Technology Planning

January 1, 1995

The management of information resources at the University of North Texas campus is a shared responsibility between the schools and colleges and centralized service agencies, such as the Computer Ce…

Designing and Implementing a Network Architecture Before it Becomes Obsolete

January 1, 1994

With the rapid advances in networking technology, and the exploding demand for network access, resources, and services, Penn finds itself needing a new network architecture as it struggles to compl…