http://lufox.edublogs.org South Carolina School District Technology Concerns Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:45:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We brought out technicians back early to prepare for the start of school. They have detailed checklists for each school, classroom, and user. We track status daily to measure progress and determine where resources need to be shifted. We believe that the more we get accomplished before the teachers return, ... http://lufox.edublogs.org/2009/07/21/start-of-school-preparation/ I am preparing to be a panelist at a conference. The subject is, "Getting the most out of your IT budget." I have copnsidered the traditional ways such as aligning IT functions with district priorities, becoming more efficient. I welcome your ideas on new or novel ideas.   http://lufox.edublogs.org/2009/07/13/getting-the-most-out-of-your-technology-budget/ Recently, we have developed our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). We believe our leading KPI is the number of work orders submitted to the IT department. Since summer slow dwon, we have caught up and reached a low of 78 backlogged work orders at the end of June. We have also revamped ... http://lufox.edublogs.org/2009/07/09/monthly-key-performance-indicators-kpis/ Over the past year, we have developed our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Our KPIs fall into three categories – Leading Indicators, Training Indicators, and Projects.   The first and best KPI is a leading and one we will focus on. It is simply the number of work orders submitted. If we prevent ... http://lufox.edublogs.org/2009/06/23/it-department-key-performance-indicators-kpis/ We are beginning a enterprise project management solution (EPM) to help us prioritize and manage our projects. The core software would be Microsoft Project 2007. Project Managers would create projects using MS Project, but Team Members would use a a simple web portal to input status. I like to hear from ... http://lufox.edublogs.org/2008/06/23/enterprise-project-management/ I am a technology director of a school district in South Carolina. I hope this blog will allow me to communicate quickly wiht folks in my community as well as receive feedback worldwide. http://lufox.edublogs.org/2008/06/10/first-post/