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Research Computing Governance

Brad Wheeler

Office of the VP for IT & CIO

bwheeler@indiana.edu

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…we are seeing the early emergence of a meta-university—a transcendent, accessible, empowering, dynamic, communally constructed framework of open materials and platforms on which much of higher education worldwide can be constructed or enhanced.

Charles M. Vest, President Emeritus, MIT, EDUCAUSE Review, May/June 2006, p. 30.

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IT Governance

“Specifying the decision rights and accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in using IT.”

Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

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Decisions

Three governance questions...1. What decisions must be made?

2. Who should make these decisions? Input rights Decision rights

3. How will we make and monitor these decisions?

5 types of Decisions….6 Archetypes…

Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

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IT Principles

ITArchitecture

IT Infra-

structureStrategies

Acad/AdminApplication

Needs

IT Investment

Acad/AdminMonarchy

ITMonarchy

Feudal

Federal

Duopoly

Anarchy

Don’t Know

Domain

Style

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Domain SpecificDiscovery & Innovation,

Teaching & Learning

Necessary Infrastructure

Leveraged Discipline Research Stacks

Innovation

Metadata

Computation, Storage

Models

Networks

Chemistry

Visualization

Curation

Anthropology

Searching & Retrieving

Networks

Metadata

Curation

Innovation,Publication

Storage

Visualization

Business

Networks

Curation

Storage

Metadata

Retrieval &Analysis

Innovation

Primary Storage

Particle Physics

Distributed Storage

Networks

Metadata

Models

Computation

Visualization

Innovation

Scholarly Infrastructure

Shared Cyberinfrastructure Line Here?

Shared Cyberinfrastructure Line Here?

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IT Principles

ITArchitecture

IT Infra-

structureStrategies

Acad/AdminApplication

Needs

IT Investment

Acad/AdminMonarchy

ITMonarchy

Feudal

Federal

Duopoly

Anarchy

Don’t Know

Domain

Style

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IU Experience

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IT Duopoly

• IT Executives and one other group• 2-party arrangement where decisions

represent a bilateral agreement• Differs from a federal model in that federal

always has both corporate and local business representation

• Duopoly has one or the other – but not both – and always includes IT professionals

• Duopolies can take one of two forms• Bicycle wheel or t-shaped

Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

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Bicycle Wheel IT Duopoly

IT

BU

BUBU

BU

RM RM

RM RM

Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

BU = Business UnitRM = Relationship Mgr

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T-Shaped IT Duopoly

X X X X X X Y X X X X X X Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Executive Committee

IT Committee

X = Business managerY = IT manager

Weill & Ross, (2004) IT Governance, HBS Press.

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How Enterprises Actually Govern - Survey

IT Principles

ITArchitecture

IT Infra-

structureStrategies

BusinessApplication

Needs

IT Investment

BusinessMonarchy

ITMonarchy

Feudal

Federal

Duopoly

Anarchy

Don’t Know

Domain

Style

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Input Decision Input Decision Input Decision Input Decision Input Decision

0

1

0

83

15

0

1

27

18

3

14

36

0

2

0

20

0

46

34

0

0

6

73

0

4

15

1

1

0

10

1

59

30

0

0

7

59

2

6

23

1

2

1

0

1

81

17

0

0

12

8

18

30

27

3

2

1

0

0

93

6

0

0

30

9

3

27

30

1

0

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Effective Governance Arrangements Matrix

IT Principles

ITArchitecture

IT Infra-

structureStrategies

BusinessApplication

Needs

IT Investment

BusinessMonarchy

ITMonarchy

Feudal

Federal

Duopoly

Anarchy

Don’t Know

Domain

Style

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31

122

1

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