Assess the Maturity of Research Computing in Higher Education
Assess, prioritize, and elevate IT services to drive institutional excellence.
Research computing in higher education faces the following challenges:
- Lack of rigor and management in research computing compared to central IT functions.
- Difficulty in coordinating improvement plans for research computing capabilities.
- Varying needs of different institutional types without tailored assessment frameworks.
- Limited existing frameworks for assessing research computing maturity.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Research computing often operates with decentralized management, leading to inconsistent practices and fragmented funding structures.
A specialized maturity assessment can identify and prioritize critical capability gaps, ensuring focused efforts on areas that align with institutional missions and researcher needs.
Impact and Result
- Enhanced strategic planning and resource justification leads to optimized research IT support that aligns with university missions.
- Institutions can visualize strengths and weaknesses, prioritize initiatives using the MoSCoW framework, and integrate actionable improvements into their IT strategy, ultimately improving research computing capabilities and efficiency.
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Get the help you need in this 1-phase advisory process. You'll receive 3 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.
- Call 1: Assess your need.
Assess the current situation, determine the reason for doing the assessment, and understand expectations.
- Call 2: Presurvey overview.
Walk through survey, identify participants, adapt any items to the research focus of the institution, and confirm logistics.
- Call 3: Postsurvey review.
Review results and interpretation, prioritize initiatives using a MoSCoW exercise, and finalize the report and key messages.
Contributors
- Ed Aractingi, Chief Information Officer, William & Mary
- James Peltier, Director Research Computing Group, IT Services, Simon Fraser University