1. Joint CIO Council and HR Deans & Directors Meeting
4/6/2015
Monday
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Faculty Club
Reading Room

2. 1/2/2018
Agenda
Provide an overview of updates to key activities sponsored by the CIO Council and HR Deans and Directors
CIO Council
Updated Strategic Plan
Workforce Development and IT Academy
Discussion
HR Deans and Directors
HR IT Roadmap
QlikView demo
Overview and results from ePeformance implementation
IT’s top people/talent management challenges and how we (HR) can assist

3. Future State Vision Our Vision
“Harvard is dedicated to the creation and dissemination of knowledge and to the education of leaders with wisdom to illuminate the past and shape and serve the future.” – Drew Gilpin Faust, President to Harvard University
Empower the Harvard community through technology that enables:
Effortless access to data, information, and knowledge
Rapid and profound innovation in teaching, learning, and research
Seamless collaboration across communities and disciplines
Our Vision

4. Enablers and Barriers Enablers to leverage and barriers to address:
Increasing leadership recognition and commitment to the importance of technology across the University
A skilled and experienced staff of IT professionals
Collaboration within Harvard’s IT community and with external strategic partners
Pockets of innovation
Significant investments and expertise in research computing and online learning
Barriers
A large user community with diverse needs, expectations, and technical skills
Locally supported, non-integrated applications
Harvard’s decentralized governance, planning and funding processes
Unnecessarily complex infrastructure, systems, and processes
Expectations for ease of use and speed of deployment that drive users to purchase and deploy their own technology solutions
Increased competition for key IT skills

5. Guiding Principles Drive toward efficiencies and cost savings
Shift more of our IT resources to support teaching, learning, and research
Identify opportunities for simplification to enable agility and enhance ease of use
Focus on open architectures and open data to enable flexibility, integration, and interoperability
Forge strategic partnerships and leverage resources beyond Harvard in order to accelerate our ability to deliver solutions
Adapt our role and skillset to become trusted partners who empower and support Harvard’s students, faculty, and staff

6. Strategic Plan Updates – Progress to Date
2012
2015
2017
4 Learning Management Systems
(Teaching and Learning Technologies)
30% converted to Canvas
All schools’ residential courses on Canvas platform
Multiple, aging digital video management systems
(Digital Video)
Common digital video delivery infrastructure
Common video delivery and storage infrastructure
34 systems, directories and calendars
(Collaboration)
CA, FAS, DIV, SEAS, HKS, SEAS on or in process of moving to common O365
3-4 systems, common directory, calendar and file sharing.
~ 12 passwords per person
(Identity and Access Management)
Student ID carries over to alum; common provisioning system
Single HarvardKey password for computer, , university and local systems.
12 student information systems
(Student Information Systems)
New student billing system, FAS, DIV, SEAS, HMS on new my.harvard
Seamless access to all schools enrollment on integrated my.harvard (3 platforms)
Multiple, fragmented information security tools and systems
(Information Security)
Common AWARE, PROTECTED and READY strategy, consolidated information security tools, updated policies, University wide awareness campaign and common incident protocols
Maturation AWARE, PROTECTED and READY information security strategy and execution