Key 7 - Estimated End Date (MVP): Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

7.  Estimated End Date (MVP) MVP?  Is this one of those new texting things those crazy kids are doing LOL?  No silly.  It’s not Most Val...

Key 6 - Start Date: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

6.  Start Date A boss tells an <insert ethnicity, gender, age group, or job role> applicant, "I'll give you $8 an hour, s...

Key 5 - Product Owner: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

5.  Product Owner Product Owner is another role rather than a title.  Someone takes on the role of Product Owner for the life of the pro...

Product & Application Management Responsibilities of 15five

All 15five and no play makes Jack a dull boy David Glaser will be assuming the product management role for the MSIS utilization of 15...

Understanding More about the MSIS Strategy : Rigor

 A note from Jack: Below is a post Dave Roberts put together regarding one of the values that MSIS identified last year.  Aside from the r...

Key 4 - Investment Owner: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

4.  Investment Owner Daddy Warbucks to Little Orphan Annie.  Those gorgeous curls weren’t free.  Someone had to pay for them.  Daddy to...

Key 3 - Project Manager: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

3.  Project Manager Now we’re getting somewhere...PROJECT MANAGER.  Evil title or useful team member?  Hmmm…let’s start with what a Proj...

Key 2 - Description: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

2.  Description Again, maybe not the most thrilling topic, but one that provides value.  Imagine you are the CEO of a millinery.  Don’...

Key 1 - Name: Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

1.  Name of Project Welcome to the official kickoff of “Getting to know the project key…”  Yeah, ran out of creative ways to n...

Acronym Anxiety : AAMC

We work in a field dominated by acronyms. Arguably we work at the confluence of three fields (technology, healthcare, and higher education...

Use 15five to make someone else feel appreciated.

The new 15five changes are out and available based on employee engagement feedback from the all-staff meeting.  Again the highlights are:...

Med School Network Upgrades are in...{buffering.....buffering}... Progress!

Last year MSIS in conjunction with MCIT,  Med School Facilities, and ITSComm performed an assessment of the networking (wired and wirel...

Michigan Agile Philosophy (MAP) Project Key

Intro Over the next 18 weeks we would like to take you on a journey.  A guided trip where we can share what we think is important as we m...

It's time we had the talk...

The loss of BrioQuery and innocence As some may have heard, our friend BrioQuery is going to be going away soon. There is a lot to sa...

Sometimes I don't think about IT.

If you do not know about or you have yet to frequent this establishment, I recommend you check it out. http://www.bier-camp.com/ . They...

Ice Caps, High School arts classes, & Sitemaker

Created in 1998, Sitemaker was an innovative platform developed on cutting-edge technology and it has served us well since that time. How...