Page Comparison

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• Project Name
• Project Goals
• Problem and Value Statements
  • Problem Statement
  • Solution Business Value
  • Alignment with Harvard Library Multi-Year Goals and Objectives
  • Alignment with HUIT Objectives
• Vision
  • (Insert Vision table, as below)
  • Approach
• In Scope/Out of Scope
  • In Scope
  • Out of Scope
• Deliverables and Work Products
  • Key Tasks and Outcomes
• Definition of Done
• Stakeholders
• Project Team
• Cost and Estimated Schedule
• Assumptions, Constraints, Dependencies, and Risks
  • Project Assumptions
  • Project Constraints
  • Project Dependencies
  • Project Risks
• Acceptance

Reimagining Discovery DRAFT charter

Project Goals

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Transforming how researchers, students, and the global community access and explore Harvard's extensive collections, while making all kinds of information easily discoverable and accessible.

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Problem and Value Statements

Problem Statement

Since its founding, Harvard Library has been a guardian of the University’s memory and a gateway to the world's knowledge. We currently host an array of discovery systems that use different design approaches, organizational priorities, and technology standards. Scholars and the public expect to be able to find trustworthy information and discover resources easily regardless of the system that is managing and providing access to it.

Solution Business Value

By enabling rich cross-collection search, this project will offer end users intuitive, contextual discovery of special collections, archives and digital collections, through a mix of conversational interfaces, browsing that emphasizes the visual nature of materials when appropriate, and recommendations for similar or related resources, all informed by ongoing user research.

Alignment with Harvard Library Multi-Year Goals and Objectives

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• Diversify and expand access to knowledge

• Maximize the breadth of tangible and digital collections across Harvard and peer institutions, for the benefit of all partners

• Increase our focus on acquiring, accessing, and creating digital content that is accessible to all, as open as possible, and permits creative uses of collections as data 

• Invest in open access infrastructure and services that support equitable, sustainable models for scholarly communication and open knowledge

Vision

In Scope/Out of Scope

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Revolutionize how researchers, students, and the global community access and explore Harvard's extensive collections, making all kinds of information easily discoverable and accessible.

In Scope

• Replace HOLLIS for Images and Harvard Digital Collections
• Reimagine metadata pipeline

Out of Scope

Deliverables and Work Products

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Definition of Done

Stakeholders

(Who is sponsoring the work? Who is funding the work? Who will accept the work? What organizations, departments, or people will benefit from this work? Link to related governance structure wiki page(s) where relevant.)

The Library Stakeholders are acting as an extended project team, meeting weekly to help inform and prioritize the work.

Technical Project Team

(Roles include: Product Owner, Project Manager, Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Quality Assurance Analyst, Architect, Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, UI Designer, Metadata Analyst, Subject Matter Expert, Release Coordinator)

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Estimated Schedule

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Note: Project is managed by using the Scrum framework and these phases/milestones will be adjusted. Below is a tentative plan for Year 1 of project.

Assumptions, Constraints, Dependencies, and Risks

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