Lean methodology used widely in the institution

Use of pattern languages and in particular bundles to describe practice

Builds on curriculum processes developed through PALET project and LEAN methodologies

Also uses the IBM open standard toolset

Of interest principally to see how others do programme validation

Could provide pointers to tools that streamline particular types of processes

Also uses IBM toolchain and Stutalk. Will look at the possibility of exchanging BPMN models with PALET, which uses a very similar (IBM) tool stack.

Initial discussions re possibility of using cloud-engine

Widely used process documentation standard. Is well supported in the IBM toolset. Has been used in visio

A language to draw the wider institutional picture with. Primarily intended for stakeholder communication. Has been used in visio

From the project plan- for orchestration. Used for project modelling now. 2012 update - not using now

From the project plan - Component of standard WS-* stack. Used by StuTalk 2012 update - moved to developing and using RESTful webservices

From the project plan - Component of standard WS-* stack. Used by StuTalk 2012 update - moved to developing and using RESTful webservices

From the project plan. Dropped in favour of SITS e-Vision forms

Used to transform programme data into human readable HTML

From the project plan - for designing and managing structured data input. Dropped in favour of SITS e-Vision forms

Investigation use of XCRi, 2010. Not picked up yet, but the Datahub services could provide it easily if required. 2012 Update, still interested in XCRI and analysing need internally but no strong internal drivers at the moment to use it.

2012 update: Project have moved from IBM tool kit to the more generic RESTful web service approach

Used for archimate and BPMN modelling

Investigated use however found response times very slow so now have written and implemented their own RESTful webservices

Project channel for clips from user workshops

Student record system used. System of record for curriculum information. 2012 update: using extensively now and connecting to portlet via a range of web services and datastage.

Provides MWE portal. Hosts a programme management portlet that has all the controls for the curriculum management process. Connects through to SITS via StuTalk 2012 update: still main institutional portal, have written a portlet to connect all curriculum data/forms etc in once place .

Collaboration software and purported knowledgebase. Being evaluated along its API for fit. Not prioritised at the moment. 2012 update: have trialled APIs and now getting feeds from discussion forums etc and feeding into portlet area in Websphere. Lotus Connections now being supported at corporate level in the institution.

IBM ETL tool used to extract and normalise data from SITS 2012 update: still using extensively to extract and transform data into main datahub

DB used for datahub/datamart

Used to host a set of REST services on the datahub 2012 update: Using more now as the project has moved to delivering RESTful approachs

used to develop webservices http://blogs.cf.ac.uk/palet/entry/holy_grails_a_groovy_solution

Potential SUM that maps how tools and specs hang together. This depends on whether there is interest elsewere in the organisation