IT Master Plan project entering final phase

October 2, 2013
Categories: General News Tags: Academic Affairs, ITS, University Operations

Nine focused work sessions around specific strategic issue topics have been scheduled for October and November as the IT Master Plan project enters the final phase.

The objective of the IT Master Plan work sessions are to facilitate a collaborative process for engaging University stakeholders in a productive discussion about strategic IT issues that UNC Charlotte is currently facing, explained C.E. Pierce, ITS, who is the University’s project manager for the IT Master Plan initiative.

Pierce said these discussions will guide the development of the UNC Charlotte IT Master Plan. More than 100 faculty and staff members representing a cross section of campus constituents will be participating in one or more of the scheduled sessions, all of which will be facilitated by representatives from the consulting firm BerryDunn.

“The strategic issue topics for these planning sessions are the product of the research and analysis completed during the assessment phase of the project,” stated Pierce. “BerryDunn consultants have spent a great deal of time since February engaging campus constituents in order to gather, analyze and synthesize data on our IT services, resources and funding.”

Berry Dunn, in collaboration with the IT Master Plan Steering Committee and other stakeholders, identified the strategic issue topics for the upcoming work sessions. They are: communication and IT leadership; defining the IT community and IT staffing; effective utilization of enterprise systems; infrastructure; IT security; expenditures, funding and budgeting for IT; IT governance and planning; IT service delivery model; and IT service portfolio and project management.

“BerryDunn will work collaboratively with the IT Master Plan Steering Committee to develop a draft of the IT Master Plan, with direction provided based on outcomes of the IT Master Plan work sessions,” Pierce said. “The iterative nature of planning is such that multiple revisions will likely occur during the process of developing the plan.”

Additional information about the Master Plan Project can be found on its website.