TECHNOLOGY adaptable , very agile , and capable of taking on complex technological problems ” Tully adds . His boast is that with half the numbers of his closest competitor he can service the likes of blended on line learning , student retention and the other strategic priorities identified in the 2016 to 2020 Master Plan , which is arguably more complex than that of other institutions which don ’ t offer TAFE . What he has been able to create is a lean ITS service aligned with Enterprise Architecture principles whilst embracing a “ lean manufacturing ethos ” – delivering more with less .
How is this being achieved ? “ We baked a cake !” says Tully – more of that later . Strategic partners Microsoft , Oracle , HP , and fraXses were invited to join the discussion . At the table , he gave each of them a FedUni baseball cap to emphasise the collaborative approach he wanted as one team . “ This combination of these key partners has helped us develop our future architectural vision of where we could go at a technical level , using the Gartner PACE model , focusing on Systems of Record , of Differentiation and of Innovation . We mapped our entire technology footprint against those three , and created a fourth which we called our Core Enabling Infrastructure . From there we went on to build our architecture blueprint based around ten core principals , some of those being ‘ Student Centric , Educator Driven ’, ‘ Reuse , Buy then Build ’ and ‘ Information is an asset ’ to name a few .”
Once the structure of the team had been transformed and the cross functional bi-modal model was in place he set about building a ‘ borderless ’ technology footprint for the university . As part of the community engagement mission , in partnership with organisations in the Ballarat region like utilities , regional health and local councils , a partnership has started that is looking at sharing technologies and pooling resources that will not only help local organisations but assist the university meet regional challenges that ‘ metropolitan ’ universities might not face . Retaining and maximising technical resources is a good example . Ballarat is a relatively small place with
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