Enterprise Technology Life Cycle

The Enterprise Technology Life Cycle (ETLC) at UC Berkeley is a 9 step process from cradle (Watch and Research) to grave (Disinvest and Obsolete). The key step is Invest, which indicates a point in time that a new technology is ready for deployment in campus enterprise and/or mission critical systems. The next most important step is Disinvest, which indicates a point in time that an existing technology needs to be phased out from use in campus enterprise and/or mission critical systems. At any point in time along the lifecycle, a technology can be considered Vetoed if it is determined to not meet organizational needs.

For purposes of the ETLC, a campus enterprise and/or mission critical system meets one or more of the following qualifications:

It is widely used across the campus

Unsuccessful operation of the system will result in a major disruption of mission-critical campus activities

If not widely used on campus, use of the system is encouraged to meet campus wide strategic objectives

The system or technology is part of a technology reference set included in a campus enterprise architecture roadmap.

Examples of campus enterprise and/or mission critical systems that are expected to follow ETLC guidelines include, but are not limited to, the following:

Business Applications (email, calendaring, student information systems, financial systems, on-line electronic payment systems, payroll and human resources systems, asset management applications, etc.)

Campus identity management infrastructure (authentication, authorization, directory services, master person data management)

Network infrastructure (hardware purchases, wireless expansions, network applications)

Information management applications (enterprise data warehouse, reporting and analysis tools, imaging and document management systems, content management systems, customer relationship management systems, etc.)

The campus student learning and course management systems

Enterprise collaboration applications

SOA infrastructure applications

Enterprise portal environments

Any tools used to develop or maintain enterprise and/or mission critical systems, including modeling tools, version control and change management systems, issue tracking or ticketing systems, testing tools, etc.

The ETLC is maintained by the campus Information Technology Architecture Committee (ITAC) with oversight from the Campus Technology Council (CTC).