A Guide to Standardize the Productivity and Collaboration Applications in Higher Education

“Too many systems that offer a similar set of functionalities” is a complaint most often heard in the higher education software tools landscape, especially in the evolving niche areas of productivity and collaboration. The session provides a deep-dive view of how to standardize and rationalize the productivity and collaboration tools without compromising the critical functionalities that these tools offer. The session aims to provide answers to key questions that leaders often face regarding defining the scope of productivity and collaboration tools. How can these tools be classified effectively? What are the available reference architectures to utilize to guide you through this activity? How do you effectively make decisions about these tools? How do you effectively justify the funding for these tools? How do you keep evolving as new technologies emerge?