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Professional Development Budget

Posted By Jennifer Smith 04-26-2024 10:32:42 AM
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Good morning, The New School is a private mid-size institution with a centralized IT dept. of around 100 employees encompassing all aspects of academic and administrative technology–enterprise infrastructure, enterprise applications, academic technology including all manner of event support, customer ...

RE: Business Process Analysts

Posted By Jennifer Smith 02-13-2024 08:54:20 AM
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At The New School, the BA team (a lead and two BAs, plus a Sr. Systems Analyst) was recently moved from the Enterprise Applications team to the IT Operations team, now comprised of both the PMO and BA teams. The teams are becoming more closely integrated and we are syncing processes and broadening the ...

RE: Podcasts for 2024?

Posted By Jennifer Smith 01-10-2024 03:17:25 PM
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Hi all! I have found the podcasts at PMO Strategies to be engaging: https://pmostrategies.com/blog/ Best,Jennifer JENNIFER SMITH AVP IT OPERATIONS THE NEW SCHOOL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 71 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10003 jennifer.smith@newschool.edu T 646.909.4568 www.newschool.edu

RE: TeamDynamix for portfolio management

Posted By Jennifer Smith 09-08-2023 11:26:31 AM
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We are in the mid implementation phase and would love to connect with others to compare notes.

RE: Staff Mentoring

Posted By Jennifer Smith 04-30-2023 09:49:00 AM
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Sorry to be replying with only a "me, too" but this is a topic of great interest to me as well. I've been thinking about a very similar program along with other professional development activities to help with staff retention. Grateful for anyone who has stepped into this in any qualified way that can ...

RE: Project Intake Process

Posted By Jennifer Smith 11-10-2022 01:07:09 PM
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Please note that in next week's Project Management Community meeting, The New School PPMO will be presenting on the topic of project intake. Hope you can join us! JENNIFER SMITH AVP IT OPERATIONS THE NEW SCHOOL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 71 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10003 jennifer.smith@newschool.edu T ...

Duo MFA rollout

Posted By Jennifer Smith 05-13-2022 02:36:34 PM
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I'm interested in hearing from schools who have rolled out Duo across campus to all student, faculty, staff, and even alumni. We so far only have applied it to our ERP, Workday, for employees and are bracing for the change impact in rolling it out to all constituents starting with Google then other applications ...

Web Site Creation Policies

Posted By Jennifer Smith 03-21-2022 08:48:09 AM
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Good morning, We are in the process of creating a harder policy surrounding the creation of "rogue" websites–supplemental websites created by faculty and staff–without the knowledge of marketing, communications, IT, Provost office, Counsel. etc. This seems to happen mostly with part-time faculty, centers ...

Project Engagement Manger at The New School

Posted By Jennifer Smith 03-16-2022 12:01:00 PM
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Make a difference. Be part of a community. Enjoy the benefits of an innovative workplace. Join us as a Project Engagement Manager at The New School, a new kind of university in New York City, one where scholars, artists, and designers come together to challenge convention and create positive change. ...

RE: Project and Portfolio Management functionality

Posted By Jennifer Smith 02-09-2022 11:18:33 AM
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Celisa, Thanks so much for your offer! I would like to take you up on connecting with your PMO. Can you please let me know how best to coordinate? Best,Jennifer JENNIFER SMITH SR. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS THE NEW SCHOOL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 71 FIFTH AVENUE, ROOM 909, NEW YORK, NY 10003 jennifer.s ...

RE: Project Approval Governance Models

Posted By Jennifer Smith 02-09-2022 11:15:56 AM
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Hi Angie, Here is a high-level overview of our process. Happy to discuss this in more detail directly with you if you like. https://it.newschool.edu/about/project-and-portfolio-management/it-project-governance Best,Jennifer JENNIFER SMITH SR. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS THE NEW SCHOOL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ...

Project and Portfolio Management functionality

Posted By Jennifer Smith 02-08-2022 02:34:28 PM
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Good Day All, Curious about any feedback or recommendations on ITSM systems where project and portfolio management is fully baked. I have seen several where it is bolted on as an afterthought. I am looking for truly integrated functionality and seamless user experience; e.g, across incident and project ...

RE: Remote PM positions

Posted By Jennifer Smith 01-18-2022 12:46:57 PM
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Hi Fred, I have three PM team members in my group, and all are remote. This will likely be long-term and if we have the opportunity to further recruit additional PMs, it will be explicitly noted in the job description. Happy to discuss if you have any questions. Best,Jennifer JENNIFER SMITH SR. DIRECTOR ...

KPI Weekly Status Overview - The New School

Posted By Jennifer Smith 12-31-2021 02:49:05 PM
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Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Weekly Status Overview slide in Powerpoint format (converted from Google Slides). Note that full instructions and a style guide are included on a 2nd page. Credit goest to @Jennifer Smith

PM Charter - George Mason University

Posted By Jennifer Smith 12-31-2021 02:47:20 PM
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The initiation document for our projects. Credit goes to @John Prette

Project Management Quick Reference Guide - George Mason University

Posted By Jennifer Smith 12-31-2021 02:45:30 PM
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This is two-page overview of both the project management framework and then a checklist of activities that the project sponsor / project manager can use to navigate through he project lifecycle and ensure all tasks are completed. Credit goes to @John Prette

Project Charter Light - George Mason University

Posted By Jennifer Smith 12-31-2021 02:40:27 PM
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Used for small efforts that are not formal ITS Projects; captures quick list of deliverables, team requirements, assumptions, and risks - This is a quick charter that aims to understand the pieces of a project without getting into the scheduling and costs expected. Credit goes to @John Prette

Project Close-Out - George Mason University

Posted By Jennifer Smith 12-31-2021 02:39:03 PM
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Overview of project accomplishments, participants, and key successes as well as lessons learned from the project. In Mason's case, we also use this to capture information that can be reported in Annual Reports and inform project accomplishment summaries. Credit goest to @John Prette

Product Review - California State University

Posted By Jennifer Smith 12-31-2021 02:37:23 PM
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This template is used to document the business need, high level requirements and recommendation to select a product vendor. Credit goes to @Carol Kiliany

Decision Support Document, Change Request - Georgia Institute of Technology

Posted By Jennifer Smith 12-31-2021 02:35:25 PM
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Scope Change, Change Requests and Key decisions, Functional Specs, Business Process Gaps/Inventory, Meeting Minutes. Credit goes to Hemalatha Manickavinayaham

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