IT Expert Group

Task List 2014

Policy

• To address specific IT related needs or problems brought to the group by ASC’s (via FAI Head Office/HO and/or FAI Executive Board/EB), HO or EB.
• To improve FAI’s readiness to provide IT related services to NACs and ASCs.
• To monitor for and study new IT solutions that could be used within FAI.

First Goals

• Plan a concept allowing data mining from the information in FAI databases taking into consideration among other things:
  • Access rights to the data (some sensitive data might be included in the DB).
  • Data security
  • Office routines or the original data in the FAI databases may not be compromised
  • Usability of the data mining tools (api, application, web interface)
  • Suggest a policy for the use of the data to the EB for approval (ASC, NAC, Research etc. use)
  • Database structure
• Find a low cost solution to create the data mining db, api and frontend.
• Find a solution for FAI persons data structure including:
  • Creation of unique keys
  • Data security
• Find solutions to improve the work of HO, NAC’s and event organizers when performing FAI related tasks like:
  • Entering data to the Sporting license db
  • Managing entries for a competition or other event
  • Reporting competition results to FAI or ranking systems
• Find solutions to improve the FAI website.

Members