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GPS Alliance Information Technology. What we do. Who we are. Christopher – Information Technology Manager
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GPS Alliance Information Technology What we do
Who we are • Christopher – Information Technology Manager • Management of Dean’s Office IT staff, Project Management, Server Management, IT Equipment Budgets and Purchasing, Helpdesk Management, Network and Phones Management, Central Systems Implementation and Management, Relationship with Central IT/Service Unit/Collegiate IT Staff. • Soni – Information Technology Specialist • Web System and Database System Development, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis • Patrick – Information Technology Specialist • Help Desk Support, Student Staff Management, Server Management, Web Systems and Database Systems Support, Network and Phone Support
Who we are Josh Eckhoff and ShehanLiyanage – Helpdesk Support
Central Groups Net People - Christopher Data Analysts – Soni WorkflowGen Consortium - Christopher FileMaker User Group - Soni Administrative Information Technology Contacts - Christopher Active Directory - Patrick Help Desk Support Consortium - Patrick
Work Categories Help desk support Web/database system planning and development Server Administration Data security planning Central systems and technology initiatives Equipment planning and purchasing
Systems/Initiatives to Highlight Google Ucosmic – ucosmic.org PeopleSoft Data Warehouse Connectivity Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) Business Intelligence WorkflowGen
Struggles • Communication • Managing expectations - Video • Needs identified – because I’ve heard it doesn’t mean it is being worked on. What gets worked on? What is the process of prioritization? • Follow-up on delayed projects • A project is delayed, move on to other things while issue is being resolved, list of new requests gets long….
Workplan Medium-sized project – generally 4 months to complete with a project workloadof 2 in the peaking part of process, 2 in the initiating or waning stage and some minor tasks sprinkled in. Long-term - Part of intranet with data flowing from the IT Project Management solution Short term – Google Site/Knowledge Base page
Discussion What do we hope to get out of the discussion? Specific examples of things that haven’t been working Suggestions