May 1, 2002

To: Ilee Rhimes, Chief Information Officer

From: Cathy Bindewald, PlanIT Project Manager

Subject: PlanIT Project Status for April 2002

1. Accomplishments
   1. Project Initiation Activities
      • Completed
   2. Current State Activities
      • Held weekly meetings
      • Completed Current State survey instruments, interview tools and questionnaires
      • Survey Research piloted and initiated the survey for students, faculty and staff
      • Evaluated the expenditure data from Resource Management Systems and Institutional Analysis
      • Completed analysis of End User Access data
      • Analyzed 2002 OSU Poll results
      • Delivered the survey for administrators using the Zoomerang survey tool
      • Prepared the survey for alumni using Zoomerang
      • Piloted and conducted academic unit questionnaires with four colleges
   3. Future State Activities
      • Held weekly meetings
      • Finalized plans and logistics for the five Technology Day sessions
      • Conducted and documented six focus group sessions
      • Completed the web-based future state survey form
   4. Gap Analysis and Initiatives Activities
      • Revised and enhanced the Strategic Initiative Assessment Score sheet template
   5. Deliverables Completed:
      • Piloted Customer Satisfaction Survey through Survey Research
      • Piloted unit questionnaires
      • Administrator Survey
      • Technology Day presentation schedule and speakers
      • Technology Day survey form
      • Future State focus group questions
      • Future State focus group invitation
      • Revised Technology Initiatives score sheet
      • Updated PlanIT Web site
      • March status report
2. Tasks Not Accomplished this monthly period, with explanation

   - Not Applicable

3. Problems/ Issues/Concerns

   - Not Applicable

4. Tasks Planned for 05/01/02 through 05/31/02
   • Hold an Executive Stakeholders meeting on May 6
   • Finalize Current State survey using Survey Research
   • Finalize Academic and Administrative Unit interviews
   • Conduct alumni survey using Zoomerang
   • Complete the IT expenditures report
   • Publicize Technology Days through the CIO Web site, articles in OnCampus, the Lantern, OSUToday, CIO UPDate newsletter, etc.
   • Conduct approximately 20 Future State focus group sessions
   • Hold five Technology Days seminars:

   Advancing Distributed and Distance Education
      May 7, 140 Pfahl Hall

   • Convener: Susan E. Metros, Deputy CIO/Executive Director Educational Technologies, Offices of the CIO, OSU
   • Diana Oblinger, Adjunct Professor, NC State University and Senior Fellow, EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research
     E-Learning: Evolution or Extinction?
   • Frances Himes, Sr. Associate Vice President Higher Education, Macromedia
     Leading and Future Trends in Higher Education Distributed Learning
   • Margaret Kessel, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, OSU, Panel Participant

   Managing Customer and Student Relations
      May 17, 330 Schoenbaum Hall

   • Convener: Mike Veres, Deputy CIO, Director OIT, Offices of the CIO, OSU
   • Sue Workman, Director of Teaching and Learning, University Information Technology
   • Services, Indiana University
     The IU Knowledge Base  - Supporting IT en masse
   • Robert B. Kvavik, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President, University of Minnesota
     E-business and Portal Applications for Higher Education
   • Martha M. Garland, Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Studies, OSU, Panel Participant

   Building Pervasive Computing Environments
      May 20, 140 Pfahl Hall

   • Convener: Chuck Morrow-Jones, Director, OIT Enterprise Networking, Offices of the CIO, OSU
   • Dewitt Latimer, Executive Director, Statewide IT Infrastructure, University of Tennessee
     Building the high performance utility to support ubiquitous computing
   • Julie K. Little, Director, Educational Technologies and the Innovative Technology Center, University of Tennessee
     Fast Forward... Effective Instruction using Pervasive Computing Technologies
   • Bruce Alexander, Cisco Systems Wireless Networking Business Unit
     Wireless LANS Today and Tomorrow
   • Bruce S. Johnson, Associate Dean for Information Services and Professor, College of Law, OSU, Panel Participant

   Managing Data and Knowledge
      May 29, 140 Pfahl Hall

   • Convener: Ilee Rhimes, CIO, Offices of the CIO, OSU
   • Richard Katz, VP EDUCAUSE, Exec. Director, ECAR
     The E-volution of Higher Education
   • Charlie Moran, VP Education Industry Consulting, Blackwell
     Bytes to Knowledge: The Long and Winding Road
   • Joseph J. Branin, Director, Libraries, OSU, Panel Participant

   Supporting High Performance Computing
      May 30, 140 Pfahl Hall

   • Convener: Fusun Ozguner, Professor and Associate Director, College of Engineering, OSU
   • Jay Boisseau, Director of Texas Advanced Computing Center, UT, Austin
   • Ross M. Aiken, Research Segment Manager, IBM Corporation (tentative)
   • Wayne E. Carlson, Interim Chair, Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design, OSU, Panel Participant
   
   

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