Event Title
The Interplay between Functional and Projectized Technical Services Organizational Design
Document Type
Presentation
Location
Room 207 - Conaton Learning Commons
Start Date
22-5-2017 9:40 AM
End Date
22-5-2017 10:30 AM
Description
- Laura Sill, Director, Resource Acquisitions & Discovery, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
- Anastasia (Nastia) Guimaraes, Project Management Librarian, Resource Acquisitions & Discovery, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
In August of 2015, the Resource Acquisitions and Discovery (RAD) Program of the Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame underwent an organizational restructuring which coincided with the establishment of the Project Management Office (PMO) within the same division – DARIT: Digital Access, Resources and Information Technology. Join us to be introduced to these changes, and to learn about the current interplay between the functional teams of RAD – acquisitions &interlibrary loan, cataloging, systems --and the project-based management of the PMO. The session will share several examples of how RAD approaches its administrative work with the PMO. Our case studies show how project management opens doors for us and facilitates RAD cross-functional interactions, taking us from providing support to others to being equal partners in new discovery initiatives related to digital and archival collections and institutional research management. Hear, in other cases, why we decided to maintain functional management design to achieve service and business goal success. Consider with us the impact of moving the needle to different points along the continuum in either direction between functional design and project-based arrangements, weighing the values and challenges of each approach and exploring the how hybrid or matrix models may or may not also offer answers to optimizing the work of technical services. Finally, we’ll suggest how further adjustments to this interplay might impact ongoing support for and development of skills specialization, optimize or tap-out organizational overhead, and identify where duplication of skill sets might arise.
The Interplay between Functional and Projectized Technical Services Organizational Design
Room 207 - Conaton Learning Commons
- Laura Sill, Director, Resource Acquisitions & Discovery, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
- Anastasia (Nastia) Guimaraes, Project Management Librarian, Resource Acquisitions & Discovery, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
In August of 2015, the Resource Acquisitions and Discovery (RAD) Program of the Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame underwent an organizational restructuring which coincided with the establishment of the Project Management Office (PMO) within the same division – DARIT: Digital Access, Resources and Information Technology. Join us to be introduced to these changes, and to learn about the current interplay between the functional teams of RAD – acquisitions &interlibrary loan, cataloging, systems --and the project-based management of the PMO. The session will share several examples of how RAD approaches its administrative work with the PMO. Our case studies show how project management opens doors for us and facilitates RAD cross-functional interactions, taking us from providing support to others to being equal partners in new discovery initiatives related to digital and archival collections and institutional research management. Hear, in other cases, why we decided to maintain functional management design to achieve service and business goal success. Consider with us the impact of moving the needle to different points along the continuum in either direction between functional design and project-based arrangements, weighing the values and challenges of each approach and exploring the how hybrid or matrix models may or may not also offer answers to optimizing the work of technical services. Finally, we’ll suggest how further adjustments to this interplay might impact ongoing support for and development of skills specialization, optimize or tap-out organizational overhead, and identify where duplication of skill sets might arise.
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