[186] in I/T Delivery
Re: Joint Discovey/Delivery Leader's meeting N42-286 10AAM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brenda K Gillingham)
Mon Aug 10 17:47:05 1998
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:46:55 -0400
To: "Robert V. Ferrara" <rferrara@MIT.EDU>, Greg Anderson <ganderso@MIT.EDU>,
delivery@MIT.EDU, fortoul@MIT.EDU, tjm@MIT.EDU, mbarker@MIT.EDU,
jjv@MIT.EDU, pbh@MIT.EDU, crockett@MIT.EDU, jlittell@MIT.EDU,
eyanow@MIT.EDU, lisanti@MIT.EDU, ninadm@MIT.EDU, wade@MIT.EDU
From: Brenda K Gillingham <brendakg@MIT.EDU>
Cc: khiggins@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <v03020900b1f507962e5a@[18.177.0.229]>
Bob,
I look forward to these joint meetings between Discovery/Delivery...
but will not be available to join the group this Friday due to vacation.
Thanks,
Brenda
At 04:45 PM 8/10/98 -0400, Robert V. Ferrara wrote:
>Hello,
> As mentioned at previous meetings, Greg Anderson and I would like to
>move more to a regular Friday "project" meeting. We'd like to begin in this
>direction at the next meeting this Friday at 10AM in N42-286. The primary
>focus of this meeting will be the upcoming Five Year Plan.
>
> It will be helpful to get your Five Year Plan inputs in any form, but we
>can use Jim Bruce's attached invitation to Infosys to help structure the
>discussion.
>
>This is the 8/14 agenda so far.
>
>1. (20 minutes) Status/Announcements
> * Hiring status
> * Project DB update + training
> * ITLT update, including purpose and meeting practices
> * Project Mgmt.Institute and local SIG news
> * Updating Delivery Process Map for project "decommisioning" and
>package software acquisition
>
>2. (75 Minutes) Five Year Plan Discussion
>
>3. (20 minutes) Abbreviated Roundtable
> up to 2 minutes on whatever you deem relevant, but especially mention
>items like
> * Milestones achieved or coming into focus
> * Adjustments you want to make
> * Resource Needs
>
>4. Topics for next meetings. Updated Delivery Goals?
>
>Thanks, Bob
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>At 7:16 AM -0400 7/31/98, James D. Bruce wrote:
>>I write to invite your participation in the development of the Information
>>Systems Five-Year Plan for FY 2000 to 2004.
>>
>> "In preparing for battle
>> I have always found that
>> plans are useless, but
>> planning is indispensable."
>> -- Dwight Eisenhower
>>
>>Background
>>----------
>>
>>Each year, every MIT organization submits a five-year plan accompanied by a
>>budget for the coming fiscal year. The plan sets forth the organization's
>>vision and strategic goals for the coming five-year period as well as its
>>tactical and operational goals for the next year.
>>
>>In past years in response to a request from the Senior Vice President, the
>>IS Directors began their planning in October with the plan due in late
>>December or January. While I have not received any information on the next
>>plan, I expect one to be required with a due date much the same as in the
>>past.
>>
>>The IS plan for FY 1999 - 2003 is focused on six strategic goals:
>>
>> o Consistent, reliable information technology services
>>
>> o Partnerships with customers for solutions
>>
>> o Partnerships with vendors for products and services
>>
>> o Employees as key resources
>>
>> o Policies, procedures, and standards
>>
>> o Effective use of resources.
>>
>>Recent accomplishments as well as our operational goals also were focused
>>around these strategies. The plan may be found at
>>http://mit.edu/is/org/fy99-5year.
>>
>>
>>The Specifics
>>-------------
>>
>>ITLT believes that developing the five-year plan should provide each member
>>of IS with an opportunity to say what you think Information Systems should
>>do in the coming years. We invite each of you to participate with us in
>>developing our plan for FY 2000-2004. We will provide several paths for
>>this participation, including responding to questions such as the ones
>>which follow in this note, providing feedback at forums, participation in
>>work groups developing parts of the plan, etc.
>>
>>As we begin development of our plan, we need to remember that the success
>>of Information Systems is directly related to how much we contribute to the
>>success of the Institute in education, research, and community service.
>>Within that context, I would like to ask each of you to answer two
>>questions:
>>
>> 1. What is the purpose of Information Systems at MIT?
>>
>> What elements would you include in IS's purpose? What set of
>> basic MIT needs does IS meet? What would be lost to MIT if IS
>> did not exist?
>>
>> 2. What strategies -- deliberate plans to deliver value -- should IS
>> pursue in its work?
>>
>> As an example, Southwest Airlines pursues six key strategies:
>> - Frequent, reliable departures
>> - Very low ticket prices
>> - Limited passenger services
>> - Lean, highly productive ground and gate crews
>> - High aircraft utilization
>> - Short-haul, point-to-point routes between midsize cities
>> and secondary airports
>>
>>I invite all members of Information Systems to respond to these two
>>questions between now and August 16. We will use your responses in
>>formulating draft statements of purpose and strategy which will be
>>circulated within Information Systems. You can address your response to me
>>at jdb@mit.edu (jdb-anon@mit.edu if you prefer to respond anonymously) or
>>itlt@mit.edu.
>>
>>Your participation in the planning process is important and is greatly
>>appreciated. Our goal is to distribute a compliation of the responses we
>>receive by the end of August, and begin work with you on the next steps.
>>
>>.................................................................jim
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