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Implementation of the Resource Management Model

Events and News

This section of the Web site for the Implementation of the Resource Management Model includes information about events, news and updates.

Events

As Iowa State University implements the Resource Management Model, there will be events related to training and expectations for changes in culture. Please check back for times and locations for the newest events.

  • Brown Bag Sessions

    • To provide time to discuss the implementation of the Resource Management Model, a series of Brown Bag sessions was offered from September 2007 to March 2008. Dates and topics are detailed online.

  • ISU Senior Leadership Retreat

    • A retreat for senior leaders was held on Oct. 10, 2007. Details are available.

  • President's Council Features Leader for Resource Management Model

    • Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman presented information about the Resource Management Model to the President's Council on Sept. 14, 2007. Her powerpoint presentation is available.

  • Software Vendor Presentations Lead to Decision
    • The most up-to-date information on the data warehouse is available from Information Technology Services in a monthly status report.
    • Iowa State University selected Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Software for campus enterprise data, including the data warehouse. Details are available.
    • The university community was invited to attend presentations by three software vendors, who were proposing solutions to the RFP Iowa State University issued seeking a Web-based querying, reporting, and presentation tool for campus enterprise data, including the data warehouse. Additional details, including dates, are available.
  • P&S Council Open Forums Feature Leaders for Resource Management Model

    • The P&S Council offers a monthly Open Forum. The topic for the April 3 Open Forum was the ISU FY09 Budget led by Ellen Rasmussen, Associate Vice President for Budgeting and Planning. Also, the September and October speakers were leaders for the Resource Management Model.

  • Consultant

    • As mentioned in Inside Iowa State, Iowa State has contracted with the consulting firm BearingPoint to assess receptivity to change and recommend strategies that will help ensure a smooth implementation process. Firm representative David Maddox has expertise both in higher education budgeting and in institutional change. As a starting point, during June and July, he conducted focus groups and individual interviews to help assess receptivity to change and recommend strategies that will help ensure a smooth implementation process. He reported his findings in August in the Stakeholder Analysis and Risk Assessment.

  • Recommendations
    • As working groups brought forward recommendations on implementation issues, these were available for comment by the university community. Once the recommendations were reviewed, the Executive Vice President and Provost approved them. A total of 41 recommendations were approved. These recommendations are available via a left-menu item "Approved Recommendations."

News

  • David Maddox of BearingPoint, Inc. submitted his Feedback from Advisory Committee Participants report. This report reviews the role of the advisory committees and summarizes feedback from participants.

  • David Maddox of BearingPoint, Inc. submitted his Stakeholder Follow-up Report. This mid-course review of the implementation process is based on meetings and interviews in February 2008 with some of the groups and individuals who participated in the meetings and interviews in Summer 2007 that were the basis for the consultant's original Stakeholder Analysis and Risk Assessment.

  • David Maddox of BearingPoint, Inc. completed a report on Resource Management Model and institutional planning processes. The report provides an overview of current planning efforts and offers observations and recommendations for change that would better serve the Resource Management Model.

  • A monthly update is available to highlight the status of the implementation of the Resource Management Model. These were e-mailed to Iowa State University leaders and administrators:

  • Monthly progress reports to the Provost Academic Cabinet on the implementation of the Resource Management Model are in the left-menu item Project Status Reports. The final report was posted in July.

  • BearingPoint's David Maddox submitted his Stakeholder Analysis and Risk Assessment report on August 16, 2007 that focused on both the organizational strengths ISU brings to the implementation process and the concerns raised by the stakeholder groups. The concerns were translated into a number of key risks, to which a series of recommendations were developed to respond to the concerns.

  • The university community stays informed via its newspaper Inside Iowa State. The following items on the implementation of the Resource Management Model were in the staff paper.

Updates

  • The decision log for the implementation issues on the Resource Management Model is available online. During the implementation year, the decision was updated regularly to show the status of issues related to the implementation of the Resource Management Model. With the completion of the recommendation approval process, the decision log is finished.