EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE Quarterly Articles and Project Management

A Policy-Based Approach to Technology Systems

elilly — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:38:10 -0500

Appropriate policies and protocols can convert the often adversarial department-IT relationship into a partnership of shared goals

Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning; Web Teaching Guide: A Practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites; Roundtable on Project Management: A SHAPE Forum Dialogue - Book Reviews

drupal — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:14:53 -0500

The first review, on Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning, discusses the strength of this book in offering both potential practices with e-portfolios as well as critical views of the learning tool. The second review, on Web Teaching Guide: A Practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites, provides an overview of this book's detailed development process for creating a course Web site. The third review, on Roundtable on Project Management: A SHAPE Forum Dialogue, points out the unique discussion style of this book and the wealth of information on project management and systems thinking that the dialogue offers.

The Visible Ops Handbook: Starting ITIL in 4 Practical Steps; Student Information Systems: A Guide to Implementation Success - Book Reviews

drupal — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:11:08 -0500

As both of the reviewers note, these two books are both geared toward providing suggestions and strategies to the IT manager. The first review on The Visible Ops Handbook: Starting ITIL in 4 Practical Steps, notes that this book is an invaluable guide to IT change management. The second review is on Student Information Systems: A Guide to Implementation Success, which discusses how to navigate the implentation process of a student information system (SIS).

The Enterprise Compass

drupal — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:20:48 -0500

A four-directional guide to reaching goals and focusing achievement can help an IT department tackle change successfully and reach performance excellence.

Guidelines for Multimedia Production Projects

drupal — Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:06:33 -0600

Veterans of the process explain how to manage multimedia production projects.