Project Management and EDUCAUSE2007

With focus from leadership and commitment across IT, the University of Rochester has developed and implemented a flexible project management strategy. It helps align projects into manageable programs that support the university's strategic mission. This presentation will highlight the development process, challenges, and implementation of a successful project management methodology.

Zane State College has implemented a project prioritization model for aligning limited IT resources and funding with institutional goals and objectives and client priorities. This presentation will describe the process and the project prioritization score sheet used to determine priority based on a holistic assessment of standard, client-focused impact criteria.

This meeting will discuss issues technical project managers face in higher education. Participant-driven discussions may include identifying best practices and tools, promoting a project management culture within IT organizations, managing cross-functional groups, training project managers, developing strategies for terminating failing projects, and meeting client expectations.

At EDUCAUSE 2003, ACU presented a session dealing with the difficulties of implementing a programming prioritization process and the benefits of doing so. Since that time, we have continued to keep our President's Cabinet engaged, but in much different ways than when we began. We will discuss where we started and how the process has evolved.

This session will introduce wiki concepts and explore their use in project management and in supporting IT systems in higher education. JHU's implementation of a new student information system extensively uses an enterprise wiki, which will be highlighted, along with use cases, examples, and lessons learned.