The
following questions should be asked:
·
What
are you being asked to do today?
·
Is
(are) your current IT structure(s) and resources adequate to support
this?
·
If
you answered “No”, what are your barriers?
·
Are
there any efficiencies to be gained from centralizing certain IT services or
support either within your area, division, across divisions, across campus or
across the state? (An example of
centralization, which may result in efficiencies, mentioned at the IT Forum, is
a common scheduling and calendar system.)
·
Are
there any efficiencies to be gained from decentralizing certain IT services or
support either within your area, division, across divisions, across campus,
or across the state? (An example of a
recent decentralization, which resulted in efficiencies, is the implementation
of PageCenter.)
This
priority is linked to NDSU’s strategic goal: “Examine current programs for
adequacy in resources and infrastructure.”
The
following questions should be asked (comments related to the current
Administrative system (commonly known as CICS) should be made under Priority
#6):
Is (are) your current IT structure(s) and
resources adequate to support:
·
What
you plan to do yet this biennium?
·
What
you are planning for 03-05?
·
What
you are planning for 05-07?
·
What
you dream of doing?
If you answered “No” to any of the above, what are
your barriers?
Priority #3 – IT Initiative
This
priority is linked to NDSU’s strategic goal:
“Work to increase federal and private research funding. Including providing resources and improve
research infrastructure to increase competitiveness for merit-based
peer-reviewed research grants and advancing the research mission of the
university by identifying new opportunities through federal government
initiatives.”
The following questions should
be asked:
·
In what ways do you feel IT could
impact/enhance/add value to your ability to meet this goal?
·
What, if any, barriers (with respect to IT) may limit your area or
division in its response to this priority?
Priority #4 – IT Initiative
This priority is linked to NDSU’s
strategic goal: “Expand doctoral programs in areas of strength.”
The
following questions should be asked:
·
In what ways do you feel IT could
impact/enhance/add value to your ability to meet this goal?
·
What, if any, barriers (with respect to IT) may limit your area or
division in its response to this priority?
Priority #5 – IT Initiative
This
priority is linked to NDSU’s strategic goal:
“Provide real world research and educational opportunities for NDSU
faculty and students. Including
improving the student learning experience including enhancing undergraduate
research opportunities, incorporating experiential learning into academic
programs, exposing students to advances in technology.”
The
following questions should be asked:
·
In what ways do you feel IT could
impact/enhance/add value to your ability to meet this goal?
·
What, if any, barriers (with respect to IT) may limit your area or
division in its response to this priority?
Priority #6 – IT Initiative
This
priority is linked to the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System, which will replace the 21-year-old
Higher Education Computing Network (HECN) administrative information system,
commonly known as CICS. The new system,
called an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, will be an integrated
system that will be used by higher education, state government and K-12
schools. The 2001 Legislature appropriated $7.5 million for the
selection and initial installation of an ERP system, which has an estimated
cost of $30-40 million.
While it is anticipated that the Legislature will fund
the system cost, campus personnel time as well as hardware and base level
training costs probably will be an individual campus responsibility. Thus, the following questions are related to your area’s / division’s hardware and
training levels.
The
following questions should be asked:
·
What,
if any, barriers may limit your area’s or division’s response to this priority?
·
It
is anticipated that the ERP will be web-based.
How comfortable are you using the web:
·
Your
top administrators? (1-5 scale and N/A)
·
Your
faculty? (1-5 scale and N/A)
·
Your
professional staff? (1-5 scale and N/A)
·
Your
support staff? (1-5 scale and N/A)
·
It
is anticipated that the ERP will be Windows-driven. How comfortable are you using Windows:
·
Your
top administrators? (1-5 scale and N/A)
·
Your
faculty? (1-5 scale and N/A)
·
Your
professional staff? (1-5 scale and N/A)
·
Your
support staff? (1-5 scale and N/A)
·
Number
of MAC computers within your division.
·
Estimate
the percentage of these machines that are > 2 years old
·
Number
of “IBM compatible” computers within your division.
·
Estimate
the percentage of these machines that are > 2 years old
Priority #7 – IT Initiative (“Transform the Business”)
This priority is linked to the
strategic goals of the Roundtable: “Collaboration and Cooperation within the NDSU,
NDUS, State of ND, and Other Entities”
The
following questions should be asked:
·
What collaboration and cooperation
efforts currently are happening
within your area or division which have an IT component?
·
What collaboration and cooperation
efforts currently are planned within
your area or division which have an IT component?
·
What collaboration and cooperation
efforts would you like to see occur within
your area or division, if certain barriers were removed?
What are
those barriers?
Could IT help
to remove those barriers? If so,
how?