QUT Technical Infrastructure Development Group

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Purpose

The Technical Infrastructure Development group (TIDG) will facilitate a high level channel of information discovery of impacts for conceived ITS technical infrastructure initiatives, including new projects and major service changes.

Elements to consider include:

• Technical architecture
• Infrastructure capacity
• Cross-sectional considerations
• Integration across other areas at QUT
• Cost
• Benefits, including ROI
• Feasibility

The group will be composed of selected technical staff and IT roadmap owners. Consultation will occur with external stakeholders to ensure that outcomes best fit in with requirements and University business.

Process

The TIDG will be closely aligned with the Project Management Framework and the University Change Advisory Board (CAB). A process overview of the alignment of the PMF and the CAB with the TIDG is available here - TIDG Process Overview.

One of the mechanisms the TIDG will use to assess the impact on the QUT infrastructure is the Change Request – Approval to Build (formerly known as the Infrastructure Impact Statement) which will need to be submitted and endorsed by the TIDG for all major service changes before seeking CAB approval. A PMF project proposal or project plan may be used instead of the Change Request – Approval to build submission to assess the impact on the QUT infrastructure with the aim to minimise documentation.

Terms of Reference

The Technical Infrastructure Development Group will:

• Formulate IT strategies according to criteria above
• Facilitate an information discovery phase of impacts for conceived technical infrastructure initiatives, including new projects and major service changes.
• Ensure maintenance and development of IT roadmaps
• Work towards adoption of the ITIL framework as its process basis

Membership:

• Graham Keys- (Chair) Technical Manager, Faculty of IT & Technical Architect Manager
• Jo Morris – Executive Officer
• Khoi Hua – Deputy Chair of ITCG
• Alison Davis or nominee– SOE roadmap owner
• Joe Dascoli nominee- Corporate Information Systems roadmap owner
• Greg Palmer – Central Systems Services roadmap owner
• Regina Obexer – OLT Roadmap Owner
• Barry Lynam – IT Security roadmap owner
• Joe Young or Raj Chhabra – High Performance Computing roadmap owner
• Peter Kurtz – Telephones and Network (including wireless) roadmap owner
• Naomi Norman – QUT Web Presence roadmap owner