2013-14 Operating & Capital Budget Plan - Cornell University ...

Institutional Intelligence:I 2 at CornellInstitutional Intelligence: I 2 at Cornell34Last year, several key leaders joined together to support an executive information deliverystrategy called the Institutional Intelligence (I 2 ) initiative at Cornell. Over the course of theacademic year, considerable progress has been made on the effort to create one space forinstitutional information that promotes a better understanding of the university as an integratedcross-functional organization rather than merely the sum of its parts. The informationis designed and structured to support both communication about the university and executivedecision making.For the first time at Cornell, university leaders will supported enterprise tool, with clear institutionalbe able to log onto one, centrally supported site and metadata clarifying the data definitions, metric context,find key information, driven by consistent data definitionsand metrics provided by each participating each participating data steward and their delegatesperiodicity, and variance annotations. Furthermore,functional area. The information is clear and supportedby available transparent metadata. The data information they choose to share. These executiveare developing their own space, individually, for thebehind the visualizations provide for a sustainable metrics are an authentic collaboration of functionaltechnical architecture for a variety of uses. This executiveinformation delivery strategy was created information management and decision support.areas to promote accurate, secure, and constructivethrough active participation of the senior leaders,current data stewards and their delegates from the What makes this solution for data sharing successfulDivision of Budget & Planning, the Division of FinancialAffairs, the Graduate School, Admissions, the Of-information management culture through clear stew-at Cornell is the continued development of a strongfice of Human Resources & Safety Services, and the ardship roles, training and policy. Building a back-endOffice of Student & Academic Services.solution for this endeavor is a critical component to itssuccess. Unlike other reporting units on campus, the I 2The institutional intelligence delivery strategy addressesthe challenges that many senior leaders have tion Technology (CIT) experts for the developmentsolution will be fully supported by Cornell Informa-when required to communicate information about the and administration of the technical processes in orderuniversity quickly. It reduces the complexity related to ensure information is acquired, transmitted, stored,to the need to wade through a myriad of information and published in an uncomplicated and technicallydelivery strategies by partnering together with data savvy approach while building a sustainable data environmentfor expanded and future university reporting.owners to obtain cross-functional information andbenchmarking data to meet needs quickly and clearly.More importantly, prior to Institutional Intelligence The executive institutional intelligence project isvarying systems frequently used different definitions being launched in a phased approach with each functionalarea approving final metrics, visualizations andfor key terms, employed several tools, and often includeddiverse contexts for the metrics themselves. metadata. Full access to campus executives and theNo more. We provide one location for a centrally Board of Trustees is planned for early summer 2013.