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June 1, 2002

To: Ilee Rhimes, Chief Information Officer

From: Cathy Bindewald, PlanIT Project Manager

Subject: PlanIT Project Status for May 2002

  1. Accomplishments
    1. Project Activities
      • Added four new members to the Core Planning Committee
        Lewis Ulman, Faculty Member
        John Heimaster, Director of Technical Support, MAPS
        Robert Kerr, Graduate Student
        Robert Sledge, Undergraduate Student

      Current State Activities

      • Held weekly meetings
      • Survey Research Completed the survey for students, faculty and staff
      • Completed the evaluation of the expenditure data from Resource Management Systems and Institutional Analysis
      • Continued the analysis of the 2002 OSU Poll results
      • Completed the survey for administrators using the Zoomerang survey tool
      • Completed the survey for alumni using Zoomerang
      • Conducted academic unit questionnaires with 10 colleges and regional campuses and administrative unit questionnaires with 10 units
      • Held weekly meetings
      • Held five Technology Day sessions
      • Conducted and documented 21 focus group sessions
    2. Gap Analysis and Initiatives Activities
      • Prepared for the initiation of the Team's activities

      Deliverables Completed:

      • Customer Satisfaction Survey through Survey Research
      • 20 unit questionnaires
      • Administrator Survey
      • Five Technology Day presentations
      • 21 Future State focus group sessions
      • Updated PlanIT Web site
      • April status report
  2. Comments
    • The Current State Interim Report is still in progress in order to incorporate the data received from the Technology Satisfaction and Needs Survey, conducted by Survey Research. However, we continue to plan to present the draft plan to the campus community during the fall quarter for implementation in early 2003.

    Problems/Issues/Concerns
    - Not Applicable

  3. Tasks Planned for 06/01/02 through 06/30/02
    • Finalize Current State analysis
    • Compile data from the Technology Days and focus groups
    • Hold workshops with the Project Team and Stakeholders to begin drafting the Vision Statement and Guiding Principles
    • Draft a Vision Statement and Guiding Principles

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