University Services Infrastructure Consolidation Initiative

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University Services Infrastructure Consolidation
Initiative

• Project Description University Services IT
  Infrastructure Consolidation project is a
  cross-departmental initiative to boost IT staff
  productivity and lower the IT hardware and
  software costs of University Services computing
  platforms. It is a key piece of an overall IT
  strategy to increase investment in high-return
  strategic applications and projects by freeing up
  human and financial resources from the ongoing
  maintenance of existing systems.
• Improvements
• By the end of Fiscal Year 2010
• Reduce hardware and software costs for all of U
  Services by at least 250K/year beginning in 2009
• Transfer up to five FTEs from low-impact
  production-support to high-impact project (new
  development) work
• Total IT maintenance net savings through
  improvements through 2010 1,700,000
• Cost
• Total labor (consulting and internal) 528,000
• Team training 20,000
• Total IT Architecture (Software, Hardware, and
  NTS) 114,000
• Total costs through 2010 662,000
• Outcome
• Implement Consistent IT Maintenance Processes
  and Tools across US by 2006
• Install a key piece of an overall IT strategy
  to increase investment in high-return strategic
  applications and projects
• Align with the University Services Strategy Map
  to strategically leverage IT resources, clearly
  measure performance, and strengthen
  accountability
• Use generally accepted set of best practice
  Infrastructure Support standards, known as ITIL
  (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
  as a common point of reference