Office of Information Technologies Goals, Guidelines & Strategies Statement: 1998-1999
Goals
- Achieve better integration of IT areas.
- Increase effectiveness of services delivered.
- Increase efficiency of resource utilization.
IT Policy Guidelines
- Initiate cross-area projects.
- Increase participation of staff in area direction.
- Formalize advisory communication channels between IT, IFAS and external stakeholders.
- Seek external resources.
Area-Specific Strategies
Business Systems
- Initiate shift to Web-based application development.
- Reduce NERDC-related expenditures from $300K to $150K by June 2000.
Customer Support
- Develop a strategy and implementation plan based on funding available plan by the end of the first quarter of FY98-99.
- Develop a feedback mechanisms to insure that training program design and delivery is relevant to UF/IFAS needs.
- Integrate computer support across different areas.
Network Systems
- Establish Windows NT as the primary network platform by June 2001.
- Establish platforms needed to integrate with university-wide systems, such as GatorLink.
Research & Development
- Decrease participation in production systems.
- Initiate a mentoring program on Web-based approaches for design, development and maintenance of software systems, for all programming staff.
- Increase resources used in R&D.
- Explore creative arrangements with the private sector for application development.
- Identify development tools and IDE’s for IT areas to standardize on.
Software Systems
- Assume full ownership of program production systems by June 1999.
- Explore new markets and delivery channels for software products.
- Establish an Advisory Committee for the IFAS Home Page and Web site.
- Establish a groupware platform for electronic collaboration.
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