Research Computing Governance Brad Wheeler Office of the VP for IT & CIO © 2007 Trustees of Indiana University Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5

2 …we are seeing the early emergence of a meta-university—a transcendent, accessible, empowering, dynamic, communally constructed framework of open materials and platforms on which much of higher education worldwide can be constructed or enhanced. Charles M. Vest, President Emeritus, MIT, EDUCAUSE Review, May/June 2006, p. 30.

3 IT Governance “Specifying the decision rights and accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in using IT.” Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

4 Decisions Three governance questions... 1.What decisions must be made? 2.Who should make these decisions? Input rights Decision rights 3.How will we make and monitor these decisions? 5 types of Decisions….6 Archetypes… Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

5 IT Principles IT Architecture IT Infra- structure Strategies Acad/Admin Application Needs IT Investment Acad/Admin Monarchy IT Monarchy Feudal Federal Duopoly Anarchy Don’t Know Domain Style © MIT Sloan CISR Adapted for Higher Ed

6 Domain Specific Discovery & Innovation, Teaching & Learning Necessary Infrastructure Leveraged Discipline Research Stacks Innovation Metadata Computation, Storage Models Networks Chemistry Visualization Curation Anthropology Searching & Retrieving Networks Metadata Curation Innovation, Publication Storage Visualization Business Networks Curation Storage Metadata Retrieval & Analysis Innovation Primary Storage Particle Physics Distributed Storage Networks Metadata Models Computation Visualization Innovation Scholarly Infrastructure Shared Cyberinfrastructure Line Here? © Trustees of Indiana University

7 IT Principles IT Architecture IT Infra- structure Strategies Acad/Admin Application Needs IT Investment Acad/Admin Monarchy IT Monarchy Feudal Federal Duopoly Anarchy Don’t Know Domain Style © MIT Sloan CISR Adapted for Higher Ed

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11 IT Duopoly IT Executives and one other group 2-party arrangement where decisions represent a bilateral agreement Differs from a federal model in that federal always has both corporate and local business representation Duopoly has one or the other – but not both – and always includes IT professionals Duopolies can take one of two forms Bicycle wheel or t-shaped Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

12 Bicycle Wheel IT Duopoly IT BU RM Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press. BU = Business Unit RM = Relationship Mgr

13 T-Shaped IT Duopoly X X X X X X Y X X X X X X YYYYYYYYYYYY Executive Committee IT Committee X = Business manager Y = IT manager Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

14 How Enterprises Actually Govern - Survey IT Principles IT Architecture IT Infra- structure Strategies Business Application Needs IT Investment Business Monarchy IT Monarchy Feudal Federal Duopoly Anarchy Don’t Know Domain Style © MIT Sloan CISR InputDecisionInputDecisionInputDecisionInputDecisionInputDecision

15 Effective Governance Arrangements Matrix IT Principles IT Architecture IT Infra- structure Strategies Business Application Needs IT Investment Business Monarchy IT Monarchy Feudal Federal Duopoly Anarchy Don’t Know Domain Style © MIT Sloan CISR