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Top-10 IT Issues for 2010

This article explores the top IT issues for 2010, including funding, security, and strategic planning, providing insights into their strategic importance, potential for growth, time consumption, and financial resources required.

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Top-10 IT Issues for 2010

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  1. Top-10 IT Issues for 2010 Bret Ingerman Chair 2010 EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee Vice President for Computing and Information Services Vassar College ingerman@vassar.edu

  2. Agenda • Current Issues Committee • Annual survey process • Results of the 2010 Survey • Context / Impact

  3. Agenda • Current Issues Committee • Annual survey process • Results of the 2010 Survey • Context / Impact • Listen • Usefulness of current survey / article? • How can we make it more useful / relevant?

  4. Begin with the Results…

  5. Top-10 Strategic Issues for 2010 1. Funding IT 2. Administrative / ERP / Information Systems 3. Security 4. Teaching and Learning with Technology 5. Identity / Access Management 6 (tie). Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity 6 (tie). Governance, Organization, and Leadership 7. Agility, Adaptability, and Responsiveness 8. Learning Management Systems 9. Strategic Planning 10. Infrastructure / Cyberinfrastructure

  6. The Process

  7. EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee “Identifies information technology and resourcesmanagement issues in higher education to be addressedthrough the association's various programs and activities” –Description from EDUCAUSE web site

  8. 2010 Current Issues Committee Bret L. Ingerman, Committee Chair Vice President for Computing and Information Services Vassar College Julie Buehler Deputy CIO University of Rochester Charles D. Dziuban Director, Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness University of Central Florida David J. Ernst Associate Vice President and CIO University of California Office of the President James Estrada Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian Fairfield University Andrea Henne Dean, Online and Distributed Learning San Diego Community College District Linda Mehlinger Assistant Vice President of Planning & Information Technology Morgan State University Joseph A. Moreau CTO SUNY College at Oswego Jonathan Mott Adjunct Professor, Instructional Psychology & Technology Brigham Young University MichaelRichichi Director of Computing and Network Services Drew University Theresa Rowe CIO Oakland University Catherine Yang, Staff Liaison Senior Director EDUCAUSE

  9. Survey Timeline October: Committee discusses list of issues and sub-topics November: Committee meets at EDUCAUSE conference Finalizes list of issues and sub-topics December: Launch the survey (on-line) January: Committee receives survey results Selects issues Starts writing! Feb. - April: Review and re-write (with Teddy Diggs, Publisher/Editor of EDUCAUSE Review) May/June: Article published in EDUCAUSE Review

  10. 2010 Survey • Four areas: • Issues that are critical for strategic success • Issues that are expected to become more significant • Issues that demand greatest amount of IT leader’s time • Issues that consume most financial & human resources • Select 5 most important issues • 27 issues on the list • Sent to 1,909 EDUCAUSE primary member reps • 424 completed the survey (22%)

  11. The Results (revisited)

  12. Top-10 Issues for 2010:Strategic Importance 1. Funding IT 2. Administrative / ERP / Information Systems 3. Security 4. Teaching and Learning with Technology 5. Identity / Access Management 6 (tie). Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity 6 (tie). Governance, Organization, and Leadership 7. Agility, Adaptability, and Responsiveness 8. Learning Management Systems 9. Strategic Planning 10. Infrastructure / Cyberinfrastructure

  13. Top-10 Issues for 2010:Potential to Become More Significant 1. Funding IT 2. Security 3. Outsourcing / Insourcing / Cosourcing / Crowdsourcing 4. Identity / Access Management 5. Administrative / ERP / Information Systems 6. Teaching and Learning with Technology 7. IT Assessment / Benchmarking / Evaluation 8. Agility, Adaptability, and Responsiveness 9. Infrastructure / Cyberinfrastructure 10 (tie). Learning Management Systems 10 (tie). Technology Change

  14. Top-10 Issues for 2010:Consuming Most of IT Leader’s Time 1. Funding IT 2. Governance, Organization, and Leadership 3. Administrative / ERP / Information Systems 4. Strategic Planning 5. Policy Development and Compliance 6. Security 7. Collaboration / Partnerships / Building Relationships 8 (tie). Infrastructure / Cyberinfrastructure 8 (tie). Staffing / HR Management / Training 9. Communications / Public Relations for IT 10. Technology Change

  15. Top-10 Issues for 2010:Consuming Most Financial /HR Resources 1. Administrative / ERP / Information Systems 2. Infrastructure / Cyberinfrastructure 3. Learning Management Systems 4. Web Systems and Services 5. Teaching and Learning with Technology 6. Learning Environments 7. Security 8. Data Administration 9. Student Computing 10. Funding IT

  16. The Issues are Consistent…

  17. …while the Context Has Changed

  18. Top 10 issue for 9 of last 11 years • Two times when important: • Plenty of money • Need to cut budgets • Budget crisis really sunk in this past year

  19. Economic concerns = less investment • The “cloud” = outsourced infrastructure • Still need to consider • “the network” = wired + wireless + cellular • Smartphones, PDAs • Green computing

  20. “Change Management” in 2008 and earlier • Appearance coincides with economic downturn • Evolving needs (requirements) of stakeholders • Gmail, smartphones, iPad • Flexibility, functionality, convenience • “Their” efficiencies = “our” agility, adaptability, responsiveness

  21. Current challenges • Require increased stewardship of all resources (financial and human) • Build and maintain strategic partnerships (internal and external) • Simple or temporary cuts/changes no longer sufficient • “Fluff” is gone • Re-visioning of services and resource realignment • Clearly connect IT to campus mission and goals

  22. Fairly stable operation • Yet still costly and time consuming • New financial realities = new questions • Streamlined? • Core features vs. “bolted on” additions? • Can components be outsourced, or SaaS?

  23. Always a top-10 issue • In the past due to underfunding • Future increases unlikely • Rather than bemoan lack of funding… • Seize “opportunity” for strategic planning • Prioritizing with stakeholders within allocated budget • Lemons to lemonade

  24. Incongruities

  25. Infrastructure / Cyberinfrastructure • A lot to keep afloat • Network upgrade / replacement (wireless and wired) • Still need to consider • Proliferation of (new) wireless devices • Cloud

  26. Web Systems and Services • Mainstream • Value proposition?

  27. IT Assessment / Benchmarking / Evaluation • How really important is this to us? • “Expected of us” or “essential to us”?

  28. Collaboration / Partnerships / Building Relationships • Why • only #7 for consuming time? • not strategic? • If not strategic, how can it not be poised for significance? • Given the climate, why isn’t this higher on all lists? • Are we already excelling at this??

  29. Real Value of the Survey…

  30. “Journey” not “Destination”

  31. Spur Conversations • No “absolutes” • One size does not fit all • You • Staff • Stakeholders • Administration • Local culture, climate, priorities • Look at “critical questions” in article

  32. Your Turn…

  33. What Have We Done? • Article in May/June EDUCAUSE Review • Track session / poster session • Annual EDUCAUSE Conference • Some regional conferences • EDUCAUSE Live! • Some discussion on CIO and SmallCol lists

  34. How Can We • Help you to use the information? • Make it more relevant?

  35. Article http://www.educause.edu/library/erm1032 Committee http://www.educause.edu/issues

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