MESA Template Intro

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Thanks for filling out a MESA.

Please contact umich-ea@umich.edu with any questions.

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Instructions for How to Build a MESA.

About MESAs

For examples of completed MESAs please visit: (UM login required) https://cio.umich.edu/strategic-planning/enterprise-architecture/michigan-enterprise-strategic-assessments

Product/Service name

IT Unit Name

Michigan Enterprise Strategic Assessment

As of Month Year

(c) Regents of the University of Michigan

© Regents of the University of Michigan

MESA title

3 year strategy

As of Month Year

Usage / Availability

Evaluating Item1,

Evaluating Item2

Describe Plans. Items with the same current and future states should be grouped.

Recommended Item

Describe plans, e.g., Centrally supported, and used on all campuses.

Not Recommended Item

Very little use, plan to retire

(Optional) Summary of plans if not clear from individual summaries.

+3yr Strategic Shifts

Not Recommended

Evaluating

Retired

Recommended

Scope

<Describe the domain/scope of this MESA.>

Goals

• <Describe the goals for this technology/service area in terms of customer-centric outcomes. A recommended format is “Achieve some business outcome (use active verb) by providing or applying some service or technology” >

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Contact: contact info (group email address preferred)

Initiatives

• <List of initiatives that will be undertaken to achieve the goals and lead to the described future state.>

<Component name>

<Short description of component. Should include links to outside references, such as service definition page or vendor website.>

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<component name> is recommended / not recommended / being evaluated / retired for <purpose (What customer/business objective does it support)>.

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<Describe the level of support that is currently provided by service provider. If not in use, include: “This technology is not currently supported at the University of Michigan”>.

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<Where component stands in the industry, if applicable, including, for example, Gartner ratings etc.>

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<Context and history at the University of Michigan, including sponsors, audience/customers, etc. In general, what are the long-term plans for this component?>

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Contact: contact info if different from Contact on the Scope and Goals slide (group email address preferred)

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Appendices

Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, Eliminate

<Product/Service Name>

Business Value

Technical Value

High

High

Low

Low

Tolerate

Invest

Migrate

Eliminate

Service being evaluated

Recommended Service

Not Recommended Service

Not Recommended

Evaluating

Retired

Recommended

Capability Map

Functional

Services

Collaboration

Services

IT Operations

Management

Services

Information

Services

Teaching / Learning

Research

Practice & Service

Administration

Email / Calendaring

Social Networking

Portal / Search

Content Management

Document Sharing

Blogs / Wikis / Communities

Streaming Video

IM / Web / Video Conferencing

Research Collaboration

Dashboards

Analytics

Statistical Analysis

Data Access

Reports

Library / Research Management

Web Server Software

Application Server Software

Security (A & A)

Monitoring / Service Management

Warehouses & Data Marts

HPC

Software License Management

(Relational) DB

Reporting / BI Engines

Provisioning

Capability

Services

Technology Development

Customer Service

Service Management

Strategy & Planning