"To ensure continued stakeholder buy-in and mitigate project risks, it was critically
important for LIU to have an unbiased and independent firm with global credibility
such as Gartner."
—George Baroudi, Long Island University
Gartner Consulting helps educational institutions improve learning environments, drive operational efficiencies and enable effective student-faculty interaction.
In North America alone, education spends more than US$20B on IT each year. Gartner Consulting helps invest IT resources wisely to provide:
- An engaging learning environment
- Improved faculty-student collaboration
- Innovative, new teaching channels
- Flexible administrative systems
- Comprehensive end-to-end IT services
Examples of engagements Gartner Consulting has delivered for education clients:
- Defined strategic technology architecture to create tight alignment between technology and education objectives
- Provided procurement and contract negotiation support for administrative and student support solutions to acquire the best deal possible
- Delivered quality assurance and risk management to assure a successful a large-scale systems implementation
- Helped assess and implement IT processes using ITIL, COBIT and other proven frameworks
- Benchmarked IT costs to find significant savings and productivity improvement opportunities
Qualifications
Validating a Technology Migration Plan
Gartner delivered a full-scale assessment of administrative computing capabilities and IT staffing needs – followed by a validation to migrate systems to a modern technology platform.
Quality Assurance for an Enterprise Business Transformation Rollout
Gartner established a strong program charter and business case for a major administrative business transformation initiative. Project assurance, procurement and negotiations support enabled a smooth rollout.
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