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In this issue:

Listen to this message
From Laura Patterson

Our partnership is important as we move forward on an IT strategy for U-M

Learn more in this five-minute slidecast about how we want to work with you to:

Maximize IT resources in support of U-M’s mission
Pursue the most cost-effective solutions for campus needs
Enable you to focus on the unique IT needs of your unit

I look forward to your feedback on the changes our new organization is making and other ways we can work together.

-Laura Patterson

IT Governance Structure

IT Council Activities this quarter:

The following councils, committees and stewards met for the first time:

Administrative Domains
Administrative Domains Advisory Council
Unit IT Steering committee
IT Council

The following groups are leveraging established meetings and are in progress:

Information and Infrastructure Assurance Committee
Research Stewards

Discussion topics and activities for upcoming meetings:

Define strategic IT vision for campus
Receive proposals
Approve proposals
Review of current proposals and decisions awaiting

Integrating IT with campus strategic planning

The governance structure is intended to:

Set campus-wide priorities for IT services, resources, and facilities
Provide guidelines and support for similar determinations at the unit level
Make decisions employing a campus-wide funding model still under development that rewards cost-effectiveness and discourages non-strategic IT spending

Together, the various councils, committees, and domain stewards:

Serve as the collective stewards of campus-wide information technology strategic development
Represent the key areas of U-M's mission
—administrative, research and teaching—
across the campus
Oversee campus technology expenditures in support of U-M's core missions
Will strive to remove disincentives and institutional barriers to acceptance of shared services and infrastructure

Representation on the various councils and committees includes deans, faculty, IT staff, administrators, and students.