ITAG - Information Technology Architecture Group

Services

ITAG provides services in these major areas

ITAG Consulting Services

When you are unsure of how to best design your software solution to comply with MIT's Architectural Guidelines, contact  itag@mit.edu to initiate a consultation.   Attention to architectural issues early in the project lifecycle can forestall many time-consuming delays later. 

Research Resources

Burton Group

ISDA has subscribed for Burton Group's Research & Advisory services. Burton has offerings in these areas of service:

  • * In-depth research reports
  • * Reference Architecture, a web-based decision-making tool
  • * Methodologies and Best Practices documents
  • * Dialogues (personalized support from analysts and consultants)
  • * Catalyst Conference tickets
  • * TeleBriefings
  • * Research Service Orientations

You can create your own account using your MIT email address at http://www.burtongroup.com/newuser
   
Gartner Group

Information Services and Technology (IS&T) subscribes to research reports from the Gartner Group, an IT consulting firm. This includes "Gartner Talking Technologies" and the full-text Gartner research that we have access to under the MIT contract (e.g., not Dataquest). 

See http://libraries.mit.edu/get/gartner. 
NOTE: This site requires MIT Certificates for access.
   

Technology Review Board (TRB)

The Technology Review Board provides the formal process for vetting the proposed architecture of significant development projects within IST.  Membership in the TRB is evenly drawn from each Directorate in IST.  During biweekly the Board reviews projects and issues statements of Findings for use by the project leaders in further refining their proposals. 
For more information, see https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/TRB2006/Home