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Project Oversight Group
A Project Oversight Group (POG) has been formed to include Executive leadership and representation from all ten colleges, led by Tri-Chairs:
- Steve Helfgot, Vice Chancellor, Student & Community Affairs;
- Ken Atwater, President South Mountain Community College;
- Darrel Huish, Chief Information Officer
This group plays an “active and key role” in the project on behalf of the Institution and is responsible for:
- Setting strategic direction for the project;
- Ensuring adequate project resources for success including budget, staff, etc.;
- Reviewing overall project progress including deliverables and implementation;
- Resolving issues escalated by Project Leads;
- Advising and/recommending policy changes
POG membership includes:
- Ken Atwater, President, SMCC;
- Maria Harper-Marinick, Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs;
- Paul Dale, Vice President Student Affairs, PVCC;
- Ernie Lara, Vice President Student Affairs EMCC;
- Yira Brimage, Dean of Student Services SCC;
- Karen Mills, Vice President Academic Affairs RSC;
- Casandra Kakar, Vice President of Academic Affairs, PC;
- Connie Sherman, Vice President of Administrative Services, GCC;
- Janet Langley, Director of Business Services, GWCC;
- Victor Navarro, Director of Information Technology, CGCC;
- Steve Creswell, Director of Strategic Information Technology
Project Leads
The leadership role is shared between a College-user representative and an Information Technology Services (ITS) representative. Paul Dale, Vice President of Student Affairs at Paradise Valley Community College and Steve Creswell, Director of Strategic Information Technology at the District Office will jointly lead the project. They will work collaboratively to resolve college and ITS issues and to ensure overall project success. In addition, Paul and Steve will serve as advisors to the POG to help set strategic direction and to affect recommendations for the project. These new leadership roles will ensure that appropriate college and ITS needs can be met.
Paul Dale, College Project Lead, is responsible for:
- Coordinating and collaborating on issues with the ITS Project Lead;
- Advising the POG on the strategic direction and affecting project recommendations;
- Working closely and actively with the College Implementation Teams (CIT) to resolve issues escalated by the Colleges;
- Initiating overall project communications and encouraging/facilitating College communications;
- Ensuring College deliverables are met
Steve Creswell, ITS Project Lead, will be responsible for:
- Coordinating and collaborating on issues with the College Project Lead;
- Advising the POG on the strategic direction and affecting recommendations;
- Resolving issues escalated by ITS;
- Ensuring ITS deliverables are met
Implementation Teams
The role of the College Implementation Team (CIT) is changed from a recommending body to a decision-making body, in conjunction with the ITS Project Leadership Team (PLT). PLT is comprised project leads responsible for developing and testing application functionality. Additionally, these groups will address implementation issues that have policy impact and/or significant impact on resources or procedures. Most issues and implementation details are expected to be jointly resolved at this level. Gary Nusbaum will serve as the ITS Project Manager working closely with the CIT Managers and Project Leadership Team. The Project Leads will be advised as necessary throughout the project and/or escalate issues for resolution. The following chart is intended to help illustrate the flow for decision making and issue resolution as we continue to progress through the project:
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