Planning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Planning

Business Continuity Planning: Move Beyond Disaster Recovery Planning

May 17, 2005

Typically disaster recovery planning (DRP) focuses on IT-based initiatives such as data backup and server recovery. Business continuity planning (BCP) goes further by analyzing risks and recovery c…

Serving the Net Generation

May 17, 2005

Blogs, podcasts, and wikis—are they fads, or fundamental to your IT strategy? Join Maynard Webb, eBay's COO, as he explores these technology and behavioral trends. Learn how eBay stays alert…

SAP Public Services, Inc., An EDUCAUSE Gold Partner - Leveraging Enterprise Technologies to Meet the Business Needs of a Major Research University

May 16, 2005

In this session, hear how Duke University's ERP implementation in 1999 positioned Duke to leverage technology over the past six years with continual upgrades and enhancements of business proce…

Enterprise Architecture Implementation: Practical Steps Using Open Source Tools

January 1, 2004

Capturing information about your enterprise, both technical and business oriented, is the first step in building an architecture strategy. Using the information collected to communicate gaps betwee…

Strategically Planning Modernization of Homegrown Administrative Systems

January 1, 2003

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire currently supports administrative operations with a homegrown, internally maintained set of integrated administrative systems. New demands for increased funct…

From Implementation to Testing: IT Disaster Recovery Planning for Universities

January 1, 2003

To fulfill the importance of disaster recovery planning, DePaul University implemented and tested a disaster recovery plan for mission-critical IT applications within a seven-month period. This pla…

Requirements for an ROI on ERP and Portal Implementations

January 1, 2002

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and portals are now or about to be in place at many universities and colleges. Will there be a return on investment (ROI)? What is meant by ROI in higher …

A Balanced Scorecard for an Applications Development Organization

January 1, 2002

In UW-Madison's Applications Technology (AT) department, a Balanced Scorecard helps address key issues in applications development. It includes a vision, strategic objectives, goals, and measu…

Strategic Technology Planning: STP for IT

January 1, 2001

This presentation describes the purpose, process, and product of strategic technology planning at Lansing Community College. The advantages of planning in a hectic IT environment will be reviewed a…

Promises to Keep: Information Technology in the New Higher Education Marketplace

January 1, 2001

As we enter a new era as an information-rich society, universities are simultaneously viewed as the solution and the problem. New players with different objectives are entering the marketplace, and…