| Initiative Title | Cognos Collaboration - Data and Dashboards |
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| Submitted in Previous Year(s) | No |
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| Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale | Accessible and accurate data is essential to operations and decisions. In recent times, there have been programming positions vacated due to retirement...with limited ability to fill. A resource shortage - in both history and expertise is an ongoing challenge.
Moving forward, it is more important for IPAR and ITS to collaborate further on Cognos related efforts/activities, particularly dashboards. |
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| Consequences of this initiative not being funded | Progress made towards better utilizing Cognos is only beneficial to the College. |
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| Department Goals | To continuously collect and report on data to support the College's diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives., To secure [existing] resources, staff/training/etc. to utilize Cognos to a greater capacity (ex. "report library, data governance, dashboards, etc.). |
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| Programs | |
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| Locations | Main Campus, Newburgh Campus |
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| Estimated Completion Date | |
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| Will this initiative span multiple budget years? | No |
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| Importance | Medium |
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| Funding Source | Request for Prioritization |
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| Created | 01/14/2021 8:30 pm |
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| Updated | 02/18/2021 12:28 pm |
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Institutional Goals
| Goal |
How will the initiative support this institutional goal? |
- STRATEGIC PLAN 2020-2025
- Sustain and Invigorate Our Planned Future: Reimagine Human, Financial and Physical Resources
- Goal #3: Maximize and more efficiently use technologies and physical resources to enhance the student experience
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Being able to more effectively utilize the capabilities of Cognos will improve processes as well as communication. By collaborating with ITS, we are able to provide data to end users in a most accessible way. This is essential for decision makers to have the information needed to improve processes and policies, ultimately to enhance the experience of students at the College. |
- MIDDLESTATES STANDARDS
- 6 Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement
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It is the intention of this initiative to be able to house and display measures useful and necessary to college-stakeholders. These measures are largely described as institutional effectiveness measures. By collaborating with ITS, the initiative seeks to understand and utilize all of the functionality of our College's reporting tool in order to support the process of planning, budgeting and effectiveness. |
Action Steps
| Action Step |
Responsible Party |
Order |
| Propose collaboration efforts/activities to SAG |
IPAR |
1 |
| Consider training/resource opportunities |
IPAR and ITS |
2 |
| Seek out best practices/best institutions utilizing Cognos. |
IPAR and ITS |
3 |
| Establish realistic goals/outcomes |
IPAR and ITS |
4 |
Expected Outcomes
| Outcome |
Order |
| Being able to more effectively/efficiently utilize the capabilities of Cognos will benefit many units/departments across the College, particularly with the implementation of dashboards. |
1 |
Assessment Methods
| Method |
Description |
Other Method |
Responsible Party |
| Institutional Data |
Review both program and student data that is collected at the institutional level. Data can include program enrollment, retention, transfer, student GPA, etc. |
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Identify areas of improvement for data needs/data access |
Resources
| INITIAL YEAR COST: |
$0.00 |
| RECURRING COST: |
$0.00 |
Equipment
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Facility
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Supply
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Staffing
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| Collaboration with ITS |
$0.00
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- Information Technology, CIO Office
- Institutional Planning Assessment and Research
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| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Training
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| To Be Determined |
$0.00
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- Information Technology, CIO Office
- Institutional Planning Assessment and Research
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| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Marketing
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Other
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Prioritization
This is initiative is ready for prioritization.
Assessment
| Date | Department Name | Status | Cost to Date | Funding Source | |
| No results found. |