Transcript Office of Information Technology FY’03 Budget Presentation

Office of Information Technology
FY’03 Budget Presentation
Presented by
Stephen Landry, Ph.D.
Chief Information Office
January 4, 2002
Overview of OIT
• Annual Operating Budget:
$14,931,000
– Salaries and Wages:
– Mobile Computing Prog.:
– General Operating:
$ 5,465,000
$ 5,110,000
$ 4,356,000
• Full Time Employees:
– Supervisors:
– Professional Staff
– Non-Exempt Staff
98
21
63
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OIT Guiding Principles
• The work of the Office of Information
Technology is guided by:
– University vision, mission, and strategic goals
– University IT Long-Range Plan of 1995
(revised 1997)
1995 IT Plan
• Timing was fortuitous
– Question: What major technology innovation,
impacting the University’s IT Plan, became
widely available in 1993?
1995 IT Plan
• Timing was fortuitous
– Question: What major technology innovation,
impacting the University’s IT Plan, became
widely available in 1993?
– Answer: The World Wide Web (Mosaic became
the first Web commercially available Web
browser in 1993).
SHU IT Strengths
• National accolades for IT
• Successful implementation of challenging
IT Long-Range Plan
• Mobile Computing Program provides stateof-the-art computing resources to faculty
and students
SHU IT Strengths (cont.)
• Mobile Computing Assessment Program
shows technology has positive impact on
student engagement / student learning. This
agrees with national results, e.g., Center for
Postsecondary Research and Planning at
Indiana University, on degree of campus
“wiredness” and results of the College
Student Experience Questionnaire (CESQ).
SHU IT Strengths (cont.)
• Robust campus network
• Stable administrative system. Web access
through “Web for …” products.
• Critical mass of faculty using technology to
enhance teaching and learning
SHU IT Weaknesses
• IT Long-Range Plan strategically elected to
focus on teaching and learning. As a result,
development of administrative systems have
not kept pace with developments on
academic side.
– Thought Experiment: What would SHU look
like today if the investments made in
instructional technology had been made in
administrative systems?
SHU IT Weaknesses (cont.)
• SCT IA-Plus2000 administrative system is
functionally rich, but based on 15 year old
technology
– not based on current relational database technology
– difficult to maintain
– difficult to develop new applications
SHU IT Weaknesses (cont.)
• University currently the lacks fiscal and
human resources to develop many
enhancements to the current administrative
system
– E.g., online time sheets, online AOC’s, online
access to “On Course”, Web-based procurement
system, online scheduling system, online
alumni directory, etc., etc., etc.
SHU IT Weaknesses (cont.)
• Many employees not adequately trained in the use
of technology
• Inadequate life cycle replacement for
administrative desktops, printers, etc.
• V-Mail at end-of-life
• Many classrooms not technology-friendly
• Many graduate and part-time students do not have
the same access to technology as undergraduates
• Inadequate technology planning in some
departments / units
Planning & Budgetary Issues
• University is poised to make significant gains in teaching
and learning; taking this to next level requires leadership,
resources, and persistence
• Technology is fundamental to enabling University
College / SWW to achieve their revenue goals; how this
technology will be funded / implemented remains
unclear
• Enhancing the University administrative systems is
critical to maintaining ongoing operations
Document is Self-Explanatory
• Revenues vs. Expenses
• Summary of Expense Budget
• Summary of Major Expenses / Breakdown
of Mobile Computing Program Budget
• Organization Chart
• FY’03 Budget Request / New Needs
• Possible Areas of Budget Reductions
Questions?