Merri Beth Lavagnino – Privacy and Policy Policy and privacy are really consideration of the human aspects and impacts of technology. Policies are: strategic direction and operating philosophy (which are usually informal and cultural), Public and Institutional policies (these are both documented and usually legal documents). Institutional policy – a statement that reflect the philosophies … Continue reading
R.L. Bob doing the introduction: Advanced CAMP could mean to some people the advanced topics beyond just the basics. Bob likes to think of it as the Advance Camp out in the wilderness where you are more likely to get caught in a blizzard, get shot and generally face the wilderness. The theme that came … Continue reading
Indiana University Completed a 10 year Strategic Plan which worked because they connected money to it. You couldn’t get funding unless you showed how your project connected to one of the 71 strategic initiatives. Completed a 10 year tactical Telecom Plan. Instead of replacing 1/4 of the switches every year for four years, they want … Continue reading
Data Management Discussion: Key Issues: Data Architecture, Analysis and Design Data Security Management – data access and security Reference and Master Data Management – making data available rather than copying data Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Management – normalizing the data across the data warehouse Document, Record and Content Management – Meta Data Management – … Continue reading
Duke University http://oit.duke.edu/tag/ Tech Architecture group at Duke is charged: to track emerging technology and raise issues for the CIO’s consideration review major decisions integrate into the project management lifecyle pay attention and champion certain solutions Developed small set of principles – few enough that they could remember them around four areas: Data Infrastructure Services … Continue reading
The recording of my EDUCAUSE Live presentation is now available on the EDUCAUSE site. EDUCAUSE Live! IT/EA in Academia recording.
Digital neighborhoods seem like a powerful tool for discussing technology and its impact on users (students, staff, researchers, etc) and the concept adds interesting new requirements to projects. Getting a good understanding of your users’ digital neighborhoods can guide design and deployment of new technologies and help predict impacts on the users themselves. Understanding how … Continue reading
I was thinking about how, when I try to get buy-in for doing Enterprise Architecture as a holistic thing, I tend not get very far with the campus. But, when I parse out little EA bits, they catch on. I was thinking about this in terms of the metaphor: Getting Kids To Eat Vegetables. Before … Continue reading
Below is a repackaged copy of my “Enterprise Architecture in Academic Environments” presentation that I gave at EDUCAUSE Mid-West Regional Conference 2008. It is packaged as a Quicktime Movie. Enterprise Architecture in Academic Environments
Last Fall I bought a Gore Bike Wear Tool jacket that I just love. I cross-country skied in it all Winter. Biked in it all Fall and started up biking again this wintery Spring. It is rain proof enough for rainy rides home (5 miles). It is warm enough for cold ski outings and 10 … Continue reading
