How to Feed and Care for Your Strategic Technology Plan - STC 2010

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Doug KahnSUNY Technology Conference

June 16, 2010

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Define Strategic Technology PlanAgent for TransformationAlignment of Technology to Institutional

MissionPartnering Within the OrganizationDynamics and EvolutionExcellence

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I hate Middle States. We spend all our time

writing documents for them. I dont haveenough time to do my job.

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Arent annual goals enough?

Can everyone at your institution explain howthey fit into your mission and vision?

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The roadmap from Mission and Vision toactualization

Sets long term objectives 5 to 10 yearsThe translation from executive to middlemanagement

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Five year objectivesWho will be responsible for each

Little or no discussion of why, how,assessment, etc

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Vision / Purpose StatementElaboration of ProcessAssumptions

Five year objectives broken into annualincrements with measurable criteriaTasking that includes stakeholdersDefined assessment process

Change managementDefined reporting intervals

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Further distills Mission, Vision and long termobjectives for IT organization

Think like capital planning a new buildingPuts technologists and stakeholders on thesame journey

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Not simply change, but evolution

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The plan is the agent for transformationForces us to create synergy between

customer expectations and technologydeliveryLiterally the bus we all get on

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The who we are statementSpeaks to all stakeholders

Long term statementSomewhat vagueDefines core values at a high level

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A look into the futureNot core values

Where we will go togetherThe value proposition for the stakeholder

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Who do we really work for?Not a mandate by the President

Joint planning by all disciplines

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How many of you have heard: I know my job and they know theirs!Is this an individual or team sport?When is the sum of the parts greater thantheir net total?

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Not simpleRespect and appreciation for each other

EmpathyThe ability to work together to achieve theinstitutional objectiveA willingness to compromise for that

objective

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Not mandateExecutive tone and action

Inclusion of all stakeholders at all levelsConsensusRespectCommunication

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Stakeholder inclusionConsensus

Easiest deliverablewrite the document

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Conceptually, bending with the breezeThings happen

We can only control what we can controlRecognition that we make the best of anysituation

The past is the past

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Continual process Both formative and summativeBy the same groupReported publiclyNo surprises

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AdaptationUsing change management to keep the planrealDocument baseline, change, new baselineand processPublicly reported

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Common Mission and VisionTeamwork We together for each other

Plan the workWork the planDynamics: Assess, Adapt, Evolve

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Work smarter; not harder

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TransformationExcellence

Dynamic Assessment and EvolutionTechnology Plan

Alignment and PartneringInstitutional Strategic PlanningInstitutional Mission and Vision

Inclusion and Consensus

Executive Commitment

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Does all this in the end make for a betterlearning experience for our students?

If not, why are we doing it?

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Shy? [email protected]

All we have is the moment we are in. It is up to us to make itthe best moment of our life.

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