A Auditor - An organization unit or individual which performs a control function for the University.
AC Application Development Methodology Council - An organization which manages the application development methodology for information technology within the University.
BCA Business Contract Administrator - A party or organization unit which provides legal consultation, manages and/or enforces a University contractual obligation.
BE Business Expert - An individual with in-depth knowledge of an organization unitís overall business processes and data and who is able to identify the business needs of a particular organizational unit.
BPM Business Project Manager - A person representing the business who has decision making authority for the user community. They are responsible for assignment of users to the project team and to develop user guides, office procedures and user training. Further, they identify users to be interviewed, users to participate in review walkthroughs and inspections. They also will identify users who will participate in testing, development of test scripts, test cases and test data. Additionally, they will resolve user conflicts, be a focal point for change control, prioritize user requests and keep the user community informed of project status.
CCM Code Configuration Manager - A person or organization unit responsible for maintaining the library of code "objects" for a system and migrating/installing/configuring new and/or revised versions to appropriate environments.
DAD Data Administrator - An organization unit or individual which develops and maintains an unambiguous and consistent set of definitions of data, activities and their relationships to facilitate common understanding and to provide a consistent framework for information systems within the enterprise.
DBA Database Administrator - The organization unit or individual responsible for designing and maintaining the physical database(s) required by an information technology project and develops database roll-back and recovery strategies.
DS Data Steward - An organization unit or individual which is responsible for the accuracy, timeliness, access and security of a segment of UCD's business data.
DC Documentation Specialist - A person who writes, reviews, maintains and releases all product documentation; including user guides, reference manuals, detailed system specifications; and designs and defines documentation standards.
EU End User - An organization unit or individual which supplies and/or utilizes business information.
IRP Information Resources Planner - An organization unit or individual which plans the information systems technology environment and recommends the business areas and information systems needed by the University.
ITS Information Technology Steering Committee - A decision making body of individuals accountable for the selection and prioritization of the University's information technology projects.
MM Model Manager - A person or organization responsible for managing the University's library of models.
O Operations - An organization unit responsible for operating an information system, communications network and for hardware and communications facilities maintenance.
PD Project Director - A person who resolves issues between the Business Project Manager and Technical Project Manager. They have decision authority for budget issues and resource issues beyond the scope of the project managers. Further, they act as a liaison between the project and the rest of the University community and resolve political issues beyond the scope of the project managers. The role of mediation is assumed in each task where it is not specified.
QA Quality Assurance/Quality Control - A function responsible for defining standards, guidelines and maintaining a glossary of terms to facilitate common understanding among anyone who has to interact with the project. Additionally, Quality Assurance ensures all deliverables meet or exceed standards set for the deliverable. Standards are usually based on the intended use, target audience and impact on the community of the deliverable.
SAC Security Administrator - The organization unit(s) accountable for implementing the security and protection of the information and technology resources of UCD.
S Sponsor - An individual or group representing the University's faculty and/or administrative management that endorses the scope and goals of a project and represents that project in management councils. The sponsor has primary responsibility for marshaling the resources needed to fund the project.
SC Steering Committee - Members of the academic and/or administrative staff having collective accountability for overseeing the welfare of an information technology project.
SA System Architect - An individual responsible for the overall design of the system and for the successful integration of sub-systems. The System Architect provides technical leadership, plans and estimates, technical interfaces external to project; and manages overall test strategies. This individual also resolves technical issue/conflicts, and ensure adherence to standards.
SD System Developer - The individual(s) responsible for the modeling analysis, programming, testing and/or implementation of an information system. (AKA: Modeler, Developer, Application Developer, or Programmer/Analyst)
SAD Systems Administrator - An organization unit or individual which provides and maintains that hardware and software which establishes and maintains the environment in which the application software operates.
TPM Technical Project Manager - An individual having primary responsibility for the welfare of an information system project. (see Debbie for addendum)
TSC Technology Support Contact - A user department's representative who has been given responsibility as the first point of contact for computing related problems or questions. This person has the responsibility to communicate all unsolved problems and unanswered questions to appropriate personnel for resolution. An individual who installs and maintains all software, hardware and the networks for end-clients.
TS Training Specialist - An organization unit or individual which prepares and/or teaches a full curriculum of technical courses to the user community. They manage all aspects of courseware development process and work with management to insure proper course rollout and translation/localization of course material.
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