Technical Infrastructure Committee

Technical Infrastructure Committee - Overview

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Technical Infrastructure Committee

This committee will be formed from volunteers of the SNEC-PMI membership. The committee will gather the chapter’s technology requirements and translate them to both strategic and implementation plans. The TIC will report to the President.

The scope of the committee includes broadly defined activities, as described below:

All activities necessary to support SNEC-PMI Technical Infrastructure. This includes:

1. Cataloging existing infrastructure components.

2. Gathering Infrastructure Requirements from existing Chapter organizations, committees and identified projects.

3. Performing Gap Analysis.

4. Develop Strategic Technology Plan based on Gaps Analysis.

5. Research technology offerings and develop business case(s).

6. Develop Implementation Plan(s).

7. Implement or coordinate implementation as appropriate.

8. Develop process for ongoing maintenance and changes.

9. Develop process for ongoing problem management.

10. Develop strategy to address future growth, i.e. metrics/monitoring, capacity planning.

The objectives of this effort are:

Develop a process to gather Technical Infrastructure requirements.
Develop and maintain a Strategic Plan for Technical Infrastructure.
Select appropriate technology to support business cases.
Develop Implementation Plans
Implement the Technical Architecture
Develop required processes to manage the technologies.

Effective Date and Duration:

The committee will be effective October 1, 2006and will continue under the direction of the President until the Board of Directors determines this committee is no longer needed. Duration of committee members will be throughout each program year (July through June). Committee members may continue to participate in the committee more than one program year.

Roles:

The following table describes the key responsibilities, accountabilities and authority for the key roles of the committee:

Committee Members

Consists of chapter members willing to work on planning and implementing the Chapter’s Technical Infrastructure.

Members are responsible for participating in and completing their tasks, as well as ensuring issues are brought to the attention of the rest of the Committee.

Committee Chair

(President)

1. Lead all committee meetings

2. Provide direction to committee members on activities required

3. Communicate progress of the committee to the Board

4. Ensure effective communication: communicate the committee’s objectives, charter, and the vision to all interested parties via newsletters, presentations, etc.

5. Procure committee resources from member volunteers

Board of Directors

1. Approve charter and identify critical success factors for this effort.

2. Review and monitor committee progress: meet with committee director on a regular basis, to review progress against planned timeframes.

3. Manage changes that occur as a result of the new process.

4. Support the procurement of resources from member volunteers

Meeting Schedule:

The Technical Infrastructure Committee will hold a monthly meeting to discuss activities in progress and to develop new tactical plans to support the strategic plans of the Chapter. A meeting schedule will be developed and maintained by the committee each program year.

Specific Committee Activities:

The following are some of the specific activities that the committee will perform throughout the program year. Additional activities will be included as required.

1. Develop and Maintain Catalog of Infrastructure Components

2. Perform Needs/Requirements Evaluations

3. Perform Gap Analysis

4. Develop and Maintain a Technical Infrastructure Strategy document

5. Evaluate Technical offerings that fulfill strategic needs

6. Develop business cases in support of technology

7. Present business case / recommendations to BOD for approval

8. Create Implementation plans

9. Implement and maintain technology solutions

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