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Bloomsbury LMS: Project success factors. Sharon Penfold, BLMS Project Manager Andrew Preater, Associate Director, Senate House Libraries. Starting point. Vision 21 st Century Library Management System Flagship shared service model Goals Interoperability Shared user access to resources
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Bloomsbury LMS:Project success factors Sharon Penfold, BLMS Project Manager Andrew Preater, Associate Director, Senate House Libraries
Starting point • Vision • 21st Century Library Management System • Flagship shared service model • Goals • Interoperability • Shared user access to resources • Open source theme
Open source theme • Over to Andrew
Reference point 1Measures of achievement • Vision • 21st Century Library Management System • Flagship shared service model • Goals • Interoperability • Shared user access to resources • Open source theme
Reference point 2Existing systems x 6 Sentry access control Wireless authentication Online card catalogue Encore catalogue Millennium Agresso 3M self service Badgemaker card printing Pcounter printing/ copying Adlib archives Sharon Penfold, v2, 29/06/12
PROCESS Reference point 4Risk appetite Re-engineering SH BB2 RVC2 SOAS2 BB1 SOAS1 IoE Safety 4 RVC1 2 Innovation LSHTM 3 1 SOLUTIONS Migration
Reference point 5 Consortium spectrum SIMPLE COMPLEX Demand aggregation Shared services In house collaboration Converged processes Purchasing power Common platform IoE BB SH LSHTM RVC SOAS
Reference point 6Specification The benefits: • Ownership of the process and output by each consortium partner • Cultural change through engagement of library staff as subject experts • Change agents (aka Systems Librarians) • Shared process understanding • Single view of the truth of the BLMS • Testing strategy and sign-off mechanism
Options analysis – basic choices 1. Consortium • Kuali, Chicago & commercial partners • Ex Libris cloud 2. Go it alone • Open source viable? • Commercial low end – or high end with even stronger negotiation!
Why Kuali OLE? • Over to Andrew
Implementationapproach • Dependencies • Success-based planning • Work Packages • BAU focus • Collaboration
The grunt work • Over to Andrew
Project challenges • Politics • Governance • Money • LMS appreciation
BLMS success to date • Consortium strength • Project Executive Group leadership • Systems Librarians collaboration & ability • Agile project management & governance • Change management & communications • Enterprise systems context • Experienced IT project manager
Critical success factors in a box:- for the project • Vision • Commitment • Energy • Agility • The right people • Technology to fit the purpose
Critical success factors:- for the technology& more • Over to Andrew