If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any TAC members or send email to its-tac@lists.hawaii.edu. We’ll endeavor to document any questions that we get on this page.
Table of Contents
| Table of Contents | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Q: Are there times when I should notify the TAC about my work?
Yes, there are several times it makes sense to reach out to the TAC including:
...
3) If you have an idea on something the TAC should address. We want everyone to feel some ownership of the ITS architecture. So if you have suggested changes, talk to any of the TAC members and he/she can bring the issue forward to the group.
...
Q: What is the role of the ITS Directors in establishing the ITS architecture?
The ITS Directors have asked the TAC to escalate to them any architectural decisions that are felt to be particularly strategic, controversial or have a large impact on the organization. For example, the TAC escalated its “Patching Principle” to the ITS Directors because the principle could have significant impact on daily operations across ITS.
...
Q: How does our architecture effort compare with other universities?
Many large universities have developed fairly large and mature enterprise architecture programs. “Enterprise architecture” is a comprehensive program that tries to align business needs with technical solutions. Wisconsin, for example, has about four staff dedicated toward its enterprise architecture.
...
There is a special interest group of higher education architects called ITANA (which is a non-exact acronym for Information Technology Architects in Academia). Visit their web site for more information.
Q: What is a brick?
Bricks describe the individual components that make up the technical architecture. Bricks identify the planned life cycle for technologies within a each domain. They are useful for anyone who plans on building upon or leveraging a specific technical component.
Practically, a brick is a document that we use to define what technologies we’ll use in ITS and how long we plan on using them.
Q: What is a principle?
Principles are a set of high-level statements that establish certain boundaries and criteria used in the decision making process. Principles define the general rules and guidelines for the use and deployment of IT resources across the organization. Principles are most useful when design or implementation decisions are being made.
...