MICA Connected Effective Practice Research Project

Proposed Research Areas:

Business Cases

Given that we will be technologically enabled to improve business processes, how will each area accomplish this and benefit? How will new capabilities be utilized to improve business?

Best Practices

Who does what you do better than you? Who doesn’t do it as well as you? What are you doing right now to bridge those gaps? (One thing that we really need to stress is that we, MICA, may very well be defining best practices for ERP implementations at small colleges!)

Strategy

Where can we be institutionally in 2-5 years because of this technological capability? Is that communicated adequately to you and from you?

Recurring Themes:

Communication and integration between departments
Measurable differences/business indicators
“Business before technology”
“There must be a better way”
“Policy before functionality”

Proposed Deliverable

A published Effective Practice document/white paper

“The EDUCAUSE resource center includes a repository of effective practices that are in place and working on campuses throughout the world. Your contribution will make your achievements more visible.”

Effective Practice Submission

Title

Background/Challenge
Briefly provide background information and/or describe the challenge that led to implementing your practice/solution.

Practice/Solution
Briefly describe the practice or solution that addressed the above.

Benefits
Describe the benefits.

Shortcomings
Describe the shortcomings.

Future Plans
Please share related future plans.

References
You may list up to five complete public URLs and attach files to provide more information about your practice/solution (e.g., campus reports, a Web site supporting the practice/solution, a paper or presentation describing the practice/solution in more detail).

Files
Add any attachments necessary to further illustrate your practice (e.g., PDF, Word document)

Costs
Estimate the costs of implementing the practice/solution including human resources (in person hours).

Replicable
On a scale of one to five, indicate how replicable your practice/solution would be by another campus.

Effectiveness
On a scale of one to five, indicate how effectively your practice/solution addressed the campus need.