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Information Technology Strategic Plan

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Contents  IT Strategic Plan (pdf)  Overview  Message from the CIO  Executive Summary  Ohio State's Information Technology Vision  What Ohio State Needs: Critical Success Factors  Strategic Initiative: Staff Education and Training  Implementation  Conclusion  Appendix A: Project Participants  Appendix B: The Planning Process  Appendix C: Current State Analysis Details  Appendix D: Current State and Academic Plan  Appendix E: Technology Days Details  Appendix F: Focus Group Discussion Details  Appendix G: Future State Emerging Themes  Appendix H: Gap Analysis Details  Appendix I: Strategic Initiatives Details  Appendix J: Strategic Initiatives Funding

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Staff Education and Training  Strategic Initiative

 Summary
 Full Description
 Benefits
 Proposed Leadership
 Metrics
 Estimated Investments/Potential Funding
 Recent Actions
 List of Strategic Initiatives

Summary
Training and career development ensures that Ohio State's technology infrastructure and community are supported by staff with up-to-date technical skills. In addition, training and development benefits staff in seeking professional credentials and certifications and students who are pursuing information technology degrees.

Full Description

Establish an IT staff education, training and career development program.

The university needs to create an IT staff training and career development program that ensure that Ohio State’s technology infrastructure and community are supported by staff with up-to-date technical skills. The program must include training that leads to professional IT credentials and certifications and that is made available to students pursuing IT degrees. IT staff need to demonstrate competencies to include both training and annual resources to support instructors using technology in their teaching and research. Training and career development will help the university to develop a trusting and sharing environment that fosters mutual respect and understanding, team spirit, and better decision making on the part of both the central and distributed IT organization. In addition, IT staff will be better prepared and more efficient; students will be better educated and given more job training and opportunities; customers will be better served; department, unit and central systems will be better maintained and supported; the pool of qualified IT staff will be improved and retained; and planning for future staffing needs will be enabled.

Benefits

• Better prepared and more efficient information technology staff
• Better educated students with more job training and opportunities
• Better served customers
• Better maintained and supported departmental, unit and central systems
• Improved pool of qualified information technology staff with better retention
• Better planning for future staffing needs

Proposed Leadership

• Colleges/Regionals
• Departments
• University Relations
• Office of Human Resources
• Colleges/Regionals
• Chief Information Officer
• - CIO Human Resources
• Continuing Education

Metrics

• Number of formal meetings between central and distributed organizations
• Number of joint projects between central and distributed units
• Regularly updated CIO web site
• Number and type of communications
• Number of IT staff receiving training
• Number of IT staff receiving certifications
• Number of students participating in IT training

Estimated Investments/Potential Funding

• Initial start up for staff in Office of Human Resources, creation and analysis of technical assessment tool and curriculum planning: $100,000 – New funds
• Annual cost: $750,000 existing funds for training
• Fees for students in professional certification programs

Recent Actions
TBA

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