FITS RECOMMENDATION X:
Develop IT advisory and communication channels to ensure the continued involvement of the LSU community in the implementation of the flagship IT strategy and ongoing day-today provision of IT services to the campus.
ACTION ITEM 10.01
The campus community must be involved—as a full-fledged partner with both authority and responsibilities—in the development and implementation of IT strategies and service directions taken at LSU. Essentially, the Flagship IT Strategy planning process must evolve a long-term role for the task forces, to facilitate ongoing input from the community, as well as a venue to help communicate IT directions more broadly on campus.
Background/History of IT Governance at LSU
a. Pre-2005 – Only Student Technology Fee Oversight Committee
b. FITS Process (Fall 2005-Spring 2006) - Five Task Forces formed to advance the FITS
i. Information Systems Task Force (Joel Tohline Chair)
ii. Infrastructure Task Force (Chuck Wilson & Barrett Kennedy co-Chairs)
iii. Research Task Force (Sumanta Acharya Chair)
iv. Teaching & Learning Task Force (Bill Wischusen Chair; Ray Ferrell Chair 2006-07)
v. Student IT Enablement Task Force (Michelle Gieg & Heath Hattaway Co-Chairs)
c. Various groups within these Task Forces continued to meet through 2007 to discuss a number of FITS Action Item implementations, most notably the analysis and recommendation of a single Learning Management System platform (Moodle).
FITS-Driven Standing Committees
a. High Performance Computing Resources Allocation Committee (HPCRAC) 2006
b. Information Systems Priorities and Allocation Committee (ISPAC) 2006
c. IT Security & Policy Advisory Committee
d. Software Acquisition Committee (2006)
e. Moodle Development Advisory Committee (MDAC)
FITS Recommendation 10 Action Item 1 Fulfillment (2010)
a. Proposed IT Governance Model
i. Formalizes IT Governance and closely integrates with LSU Faculty Governance
ii. Establishes IT Governance outside of ad-hoc involvement based upon the proclivity and nature of the CIO and ITS Leadership
iii. Sets the stage for a mid-course review of the FITS and continued implementation planning as funding returns (hopefully!)
b. Faculty Senate Resolution 10-08
"Establishment of an IT Governance Model"
passed Faculty Senate on May 6, 2010
FACULTY IT ADVISORY COUNCIL
a.) Research Enablement Committee