Building a Strategic Plan for your Research Computing and Data Program

This workshop will gather Research Computing and Data (RCD) professionals to learn leading practices for developing effective strategic plans for their Research Computing and Data programs. The workshop is open to RCD professionals who are familiar with issues around supporting Research Computing and Data, have experience contributing to strategic planning, and have some exposure to the RCD Capabilities Model. Attendees will hear the experiences of universities (Arizona State University, University of Nevada, Reno, University of Hawaii, plus one more) who are currently using the RCD Capabilities Model as part of their strategic planning work, including lessons learned. Attendees will discuss the range of RCD strategic planning models across the community, and approaches to building a strong strategic planning practice. Finally, participants will define requirements for a new effort to develop a shared community resource to support strategic planning for RCD, identifying potential elements of such a resource and a near-term roadmap for development. Workshop organizers will document the findings of the workshop in a report shared with the community.