IT governance ensures the effective and efficient use of IT resources and capabilities across U-M in order to meet the goals of the university. Michigan IT Community of Practice are groups where like-minded IT professionals can share information, experiences, and ideas around a particular topic in support of the university’s missions. Advice and guidance are provided by strategic governance committees and multiple advisory groups.
Below is a summary of June and July 2021 governance and Community of Practice activities, as well as upcoming meeting information. You are invited to learn more or to add an upcoming meeting to your calendar, visit the IT Governance web page or the IT Community of Practice web page. Get involved, share your knowledge, and mark your calendars for these professional development opportunities!
IT Governance activities for June/July/August 2021
The full calendar is on the IT Governance web page.
June Meetings:
- Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – 1st
- Link to STAC-Core agenda
- Ravi Pendse – shared updates on ITS 5 Top Initiatives and discussed unit priorities
- Charter review
- Link to STAC-Core agenda
- Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – 8th
- Link to STAC-Full agenda
- NameCoach
- Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – 15th
- Link to STAC-Core agenda
- STAC Charter 2021 Updates and Member Election
- Link to STAC-Core agenda
- Collaboration Services Advisory Group (CSAG) – 16th
- Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – 16th
- Data Governance Council – 18th
- Link to Data Governance Council Agenda
- No meeting, asked to complete a survey
- Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – 22nd
- Link to STAC-Full agenda
- STAC Charter 2021 and member election:
- Vice-Chair (2-yr): Cassandra Callaghan (Dentistry)
- At-Large Member (2-yr): Nicki Trinka (SSC)
- Steering Committee Member (1-yr): Erin Dietrich (HITS)
- In-Building UMNet – 25th
- Link to UMNet agenda
- ITS Updates
- Admitting Systems Production Advisory Group (ASP) – 29th
- Link to Admitting Systems Production Advisory Group agenda
- ITS update – GEAR
July/August Scheduled Meetings:
- Data Governance Council – July 16th
- Unit Reps – Jul 19th
- Link to Unit Reps Presentation
- Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – Jul 21st
- Financial Applications Advisory Committee – Jul 26th
- Admitting Systems Production Advisory Group (ASP) – Jul 27th
- Link to Admitting Systems Production Advisory Group agenda
- New admissions admit types proposal
- Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – Aug 3rd
- Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – Aug 10th
- Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – Aug 17th
- Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – Aug 18th
- Collaboration Services Advisory Group (CSAG) – Aug 18th
- Data Governance Council – Aug 20th
- Financial Applications Advisory Committee – Aug 23rd
- Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – Aug 24th
- Student Administration Strategic Advisory Committee (SASAC) – Aug 27th
- Link to Agenda – TBD
- TBD
- Admitting Systems Production (ASP) – Aug 31
IT Communities of Practice activities for June/July/August 2021
The full calendar is on the Communities of Practice web page.
June Meetings:
- Technology Leadership Community of Practice – Kickoff – 17th
- To receive meeting updates, join the M-Community group
- Link to Technology Leadership Community of Practice agenda
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Community of Practice – 22nd
- Community of Practice Storage – 23rd
- Community Updates
- Box at U-M Migration
- Discussion on why units support their own storage rather than using central storage services.
- Project Management Community of Practice – 23rd
- “Coffee Break”
- Data Integration Community of Practice – 28th
July/August Scheduled Meetings:
- Project Management Community of Practice – July 21st
- “Coffee Break”
- Audio Visual Community of Practice – July 23rd
- Data Integration Community of Practice – July 26th
- Business Intelligence Community of Practice – July 26th
- Data elements that could be moved to a more logical data structure
- HITS Tableau server upgrade (gold service)
- Tools/System updates
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Community of Practice – August 17th
- Project Management Community of Practice – August 18th
- “Coffee Break”
- Data Integration Community of Practice – August 23rd
