Educator Identifier Project - Development Approach

A project of this complexity requires a structured approach to development and project management. Our development approach features:

• Well defined phases of approximately 4-6 months each over the 2+ year project duration
• Clearly defined deliverables with sign off
• Tangible technical assets
• Dedicated Project Team with members from various units, agencies, and stakeholder groups.

Interoperability

As the Educator Identifier project progresses it will focus on interoperability by providing connectors to the following types of applications:

• Department of Higher Education
• Office of Information Technology's CUPID project.
• District information systems

Implementation

• CDE will be implementing the Educator Identifier modules as they are developed.
• We will promote the adoption and implementation of Educator Identifier to all the stakeholders identified in the Project Charter.

Sustainment

• Our community of stakeholder interest, contributions to enhancements and maintenance will ensure sustained development.
• We will evolve the technology and architecture of the Educator Identifier System to keep up with new standards, tool releases and trends.

Community Source Development

The community source development process is a collaborative approach to product development, involving a committed group solving a common problem. In this case, the committed group is made up of districts, Department of Education, Department of Higher Education and commercial affiliates, all contributing to the development of an integrated educator identifier system.

There are many benefits to this approach:

• Shared resources means more efficient development – this is a huge benefit over a single university building a system in-house.
• CDE collaborating with stakeholders share ideas and create innovative solutions, leveraging their user experiences.
• Contributing stakeholders have direct input into functions and features.