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The Information Architecture and Process Innovation Project determined that the current University administrative process environment can benefit from drastic improvements in quality and efficiency by employing the methods available through process reengineering as demonstrated by the experimental Procurement Process Innovation Project. The project also determined that modern information processing technologies and systems are required to support the flexibility, rapid response time and information access requirements needed by end users to perform their work, deliver quality services and make informed decisions.
The architecture is a set of interrelated organizational and technological components that are defined and described at a high level, but with enough detail to guide designers and implementers. The project presents a set of specifications, potential benefits and an implementation strategy over a six-year period to transform the University from its current state to the envisioned state.
During the first year, activities will be devoted to building the infrastructure necessary to implement the remainder of the project. Succeeding years of implementation attempt to balance two competing needs: (1) the need for wide spread access to information managed by current systems, and (2) the need to acquire and develop new systems.
The implementation strategy is driven by business process reengineering projects, but, at the same time, these new system implementation projects must be balanced with projects to improve access to information using the current systems. The implementation strategy is based upon the principles of the Oregon Experiment which does not use a master plan approach but is based upon process owners, system owners and end user initiatives for projects that follow the architectural principles and the natural relationships between activities of a process and the inter-relationships between and among processes.
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Introduction
Framework for Building Information Systems
Philosophy and Principles
Architectural Overview
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