III: Structuring and Managing the Project

Table 6: Overall project structure and responsibilities

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Steering Committee (accountable to project sponsors)

Communicate with the campus community and achieve widespread buy-in
Establish a business case, vision, and planning principles
Develop a decision framework
Issue a report recommending project scope, goals, and strategies
Appoint a project manager and management team
Approve project plans, budgets, deliverables, and schedules
Approve solution proposed by the project management team
Function in an advisory capacity through implementation

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Project Manager (accountable to the steering committee)

Provide project leadership
Structure and define the budget
Develop a project plan, including budgets and schedules
Monitor budgets and schedules throughout the project
Promote campuswide partnerships
Oversee various project teams, promoting project buy-in
Serve as liaison between project teams and steering committee
Report project progress periodically to steering committee
Resolve conflicts that may arise among project constituencies

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Project Management Team (accountable to the project manager)

Conduct business process evaluations (or oversee teams appointed to do this)
Conduct a technology evaluation (or oversee a team appointed to do this)
Align business process needs and technology options
Communicate expected outcomes to campus community
Develop requirements document and issue request for information (RFI)
Validate RFI responses against requirements
Evaluate and recommend buy, build, or partner options
Select a solution (or oversee a team appointed to do this)
Recommend solution, final budget, and schedule to steering committee
Implement the system (or oversee teams appointed to do this)

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