Wharton Computing Strategic Directions 2006 May 9

Wharton Characteristics

Innovation

Wharton Characteristics Scale Innovation

Wharton Characteristics Scale Innovation Engagement

Innovation Harker: "Innovation is in our blood" First business school (1881) First ongoing executive education program (1953) Designed the business research center model Wharton faculty: The most published on any business school Pioneered curricular developments Wharton: Characteristics InnovationScaleEngagement

Scale The largest international business school in the world Broadest range of programs, reach of audience, diversity of clients Largest fulltime student body Philadelphia and San Francisco Programs with INSEAD, Singapore, India and China Wharton: Characteristics InnovationScaleEngagement

ScaleInnovationEngagement Active engagement in the practice of business More than two-thirds of the 2004 Fortune 500 companies are active partners More than 8,000 executives from around the world participate in Wharton executive education programs Wharton research centers explore issues and create growth for global business Wharton Characteristics

Scale Innovation Engagement Wharton Characteristics: Scale

Innovation Scale Wharton Characteristics: Innovation

Innovation

Wharton Characteristics: Innovation Innovation

Scale Innovation Engagement Faculty Students External Systems & Infrastructure Engagement

Engagement: Faculty Engagement Faculty Students External Systems & Infrastructure

Faculty advisory board Expand support for Wharton faculty Data from 39 vendors 163 subscribers Faculty Research: WRDS

Grid System Faculty Research: Grid System

FacultyCafé Faculty Research: FacultyCafé

Faculty Recruiting System Faculty Research: Recruiting System

Distributed Representative Model Balance of centralized and decentralized support. Put resources close to the faculty Customized support: One size doesn't fit all Coordination on standards & economies of scale Faculty Research: Support Model

Challenges Increasing complexity & security issues New faculty Large-scale project support Faculty Research: Support Model

Direction Integrate work of WRDS staff and departmental reps Emulate aspects of student services model Centralized knowledgebase Help desks Share cross departmental experience Work with faculty to refine model Faculty Research: Support Model

Four new applications launched Fall 2005 Nine new proposals for this Spring cycle Wharton’s OTIS: 2,200 students at 62 institutions since July 2005 Challenge: Balancing ongoing support, new development, and outreach Faculty Instruction: Learning Lab

Innovations in Technology Rich Internet application platforms Focus: Curriculum initiative Faculty Instruction: Learning Lab

Faculty Instruction: Classroom Environment

Faculty Instruction: webCafe webCafé usage

Faculty Instruction: New Course Tools New applications Peer Evaluation Seating chart

Faculty Instruction: OPIM 651

MKTG 101/622 and Sabre Faculty Instruction: MKTG 101

Scale Innovation Engagement: Students and Alumni Engagement Faculty Students External Systems & Infrastructure

SPIKE and Student Services Students: SPIKE and Student Services

Students: Course Registration “I am amazed and very impressed by the new Auction interface. It is very rich, interactive, highly usable and employs the latest in Web 2.0 technologies. I feel that you have taken something that we felt could not be improved upon and made it better.” A Wharton MBA Student The MBA Auction

Future Directions Student technology advisory boards Mobile platform support Next-generation web-development tools Students: What’s Next?

Systems & Infrastructure Engagement Faculty Students External Systems & Infrastructure

Future Directions Commoditization of services Exploring outsourcing Unrestricted growth Systems & Infrastructure

Engagement: External Engagement Faculty Students External Systems & Infrastructure

SunRay thin client architecture Wharton Virtual Classroom External Engagement: Executive Education

External Engagement: Internal Services These are impressive apps, from student portals to virtual simulation teaching tools to server monitoring tools and much more. Every time I have seen the Wharton guys present their apps I have been impressed, and this time was no exception. Ben Forta’s blog 2006 Feb 21

External Engagement:

External Engagement: WRDS

External Engagement: Learning Lab

Wharton Computing Expanding scope, fostering innovation, engaging with our constituents Supporting Innovation, Scale, Engagement Scale Innovation Engagement