John Paschoud and Luke Taylor presenting on behalf of LSE and University of Bristol repsectively.
IdM is a key issue for many institutions (ourselves included) and having an infoKit will be really rather handy. It’s not there yet but is currently well down the road of productions schedule. A show of hands indicates 80-90% of those present believe IdM to be currently a hot topic for their institution.
Some of the problems with putting together IdM business case:
- Hard to explain
- Middleware is difficult to make a case for. Up-front apps are much easier.
LSE noted as not having a clear policy on when/how someone becomes or ceases to be a member of their university. Policy vacuum almost certainly not their problem alone.
JISC infoKit to be released March 2010 and to contain:
- Definitions of terminology and concepts
- Service Usage Models and how those work for other e-Framework elements.
- Governance and policy guidance
- Guidance and templates for audit
- Requirements spec guide
- Gap analysis guide
- Business case guide
- Roadmap for Universities / Colleges
- Guide to system solutions
Bristol have been road-testing the infoKit. Their situation seems roughly the same as our own – some decent practice/policy with significant gaps. Luke indicates that smartcard implementation is made harder for lack of having resolved IdM issues. Bristol’s road to IdM:
- Establish governance
- Define policies
- Identify process owners and streamline processes associated with IdM
- Choose and implement technology