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This page is constructed to help IT staff and their constituents keep track of the numerous IT projects that are underway at any given point in time. Since completion dates are an indication of priority, projects are listed in chronological order.
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Date due: |
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Assigned to: |
Done: |
| TBD | Mitigate negative impacts of new Banner business processes on faculty | Faculty Senate Executive Committee | TBD | |
| TBD | Improve connections with faculty and academic administrative staff to systems development processes (better change management; improved committee structure) | Faculty Senate Executive Committee | TBD | |
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3/1/06 |
Develop and implement 24x7 on-call policies and procedures |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-a |
Ted McGrath |
3/1/06 |
| 5/26/06 | Data Center Improvements (Cost: $7,000) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-e |
Jim Healis |
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| 5/31/06 | Implement network core redundancy measures (Cost: $90,000/PC one-time) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-h | Jim Healis Philip Daley |
3/15/06 |
| 6/30/06 | Implement improved wireless LAN services (Cost: $15,000) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-b |
Philip Daley |
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| 6/30/06 | Implement automated security monitoring (Cost: $10,000) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-b | Nate Henne | |
| 6/30/06 | Implement enterprise VPN capabilities (Cost: $10,000) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-b, also 2006 Internal VPN Audit Report | S/NM Staff | |
| 7/1/06 | Help Desk Improvements: (a) expanded hours, (b) better interface with Operations, and (c) better request tracking software. (Cost: ~$45,000/existing budget) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-d | Shelly Belflower | |
| 8/11/06 | Implement new student housing phone procedures (Cost: ~<$38,000>) |
WSU Student Affairs | Barbara LeDuc Sarah Dawn Lowery |
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| 9/30/06 | Complete a plan for consolidated data storage management with goal of providing unified storage, backup and recovery for critical institutional data. (Cost: no additional at this time) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-k | Ted McGrath N. Sandberg Carl Wilkins |
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| 9/30/06 | Implement provisions of new Mobile Communications Policy & Agreement, PPM 3-65 (Cost: no additional) |
Internal Audit | Barbara LeDuc Leslie Youngberg |
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| 12/1/06 | Achieve 24x7 professional staffing level: (a) hire new Senior Systems Engineer, (b) hire two new professional operators, (c) upgrade two existing classified Help Desk/Operator positions to professional, and (d) redefine existing position descriptions and reorganize for 24x7 coverage. (Cost: $230,000/new ongoing) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-f | Don Gardner Ted McGrath Shelly Belflower N. Sandberg Edd Ramer Heidi Parker |
(a) 3/9/06 |
| 12/30/06 | Begin developing ITIL-standard: (a) SLAs, (b) OLAs, and (c) Process Ownership/Data Stewardship Agreements (Cost: no additional) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-c | Don Gardner Shelly Belflower Jean Fruth |
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| 1/1/07 | Enhanced UEN connection redundancy: (a) new emergency generator for Alumni Center network hub, (b) re-establish the redundant link to UEN from the Alumni Center through WSU-Davis, (c) upgrade link to Gigabit (Cost: ~$18,000/existing budget) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-f | Jim Healis Philip Daley |
(b) 4/3/06 |
| 5/31/07 | Data Center electrical and air conditioning upgrades (Cost: ~$600,000/Capital Improvement Funds) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-e | IT Facilities Risk Management Group | |
| 6/30/07 | Planning for Secondary Data Operations Center for fail-over in a major disaster: (a) network room in new LLC, (b) locating selected servers in WSU-Davis, and (c) participation in USHE disaster recovery efforts. (Cost: no additional at this time) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-i | Don Gardner Ted McGrath Barbara LeDuc N. Sandberg Jim Healis |
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| 7/30/07 | Enhanced monitoring of IT resources and services: (a) identify solutions (3rd party contracts, hardware/software, etc.), and (b) implement. (Cost: ~$20,000) |
UPC Strategic Initiative 1-j | Jean Fruth |
Weber State University Ogden, Utah 84408 |