Organizational Commitment

1. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
DEVELOPING AN LMS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY PLAN
Rob Power, EdD
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2. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
DEVELOPING AN LMS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY PLAN

3. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
DEVELOPING AN LMS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY PLAN
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4. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
DEVELOPING AN LMS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY PLAN
Team Perspectives
• Online Learning Team Resistance
• Senior Content Developer hesitant to
undertake process again
• Initiative would detract from ongoing
course development
• Migration to LearningHub server would
impede use of custom CSS and JavaScript
• Perceived as a challenge to expertise and
experience

5. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
DEVELOPING AN LMS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY PLAN
Organizational Perspectives
• Acquisition of a new LMS server cost-
prohibitive
• Significant risk of loss of control of online
learning assets and user data
• No formal arrangements for use of current
server
• No ongoing technical support for current
server

6. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
DEVELOPING AN LMS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY PLAN
Actions Taken
• Consulted with Senior Content Developer
before introducing as a new team strategic
priority for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal
years

7. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
DEVELOPING AN LMS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY PLAN
Actions Taken
• Worked closely with Senior Content
Developer to develop a server migration
strategy
• Established a reasonable timeframe that
integrated old asset attrition
• Ensured that Senior Content Developer and
Online Learning Team were full “owners” of
the plans and process
• Ensured that organizational and legislative
needs were the drivers of the proposed
plans

8. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
DEVELOPING AN LMS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY PLAN
Actions Taken
• Involved Senior Content Developer as an
equal partner to propose the alternative
solution upon announcement of planned
retirement of current Moodle server