Get involved, share your knowledge, and mark your calendars for these professional development opportunities!

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, July, and August 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.

IT Governance meetings

The full calendar is on the IT Governance web page.

June/July/August meetings recap

• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – June 7
  • Link to STAC-Core Agenda
  • HITS Strategy & Vision
  • Procurement Update
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – June 14
  • Link to STAC-Full agenda
  • HWF Recap
  • Salesforce
• Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – June 15
• Collaboration Services Advisory Group (CSAG) – June 15 
• Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – June 17
  • Link to DGAC agenda
  • Finalize charge
  • Personal Demographics Working Group
• Unit Reps – June 20
  • Telephone Project Update
  • Electronic Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility SPG 
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – June 21
  • Link to STAC-Core Agenda
  • Annual business meeting
• In-Building UMNet Governance – June 22 
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – June 28
  • Link to STAC-Full agenda
  • API Management Platform Replacement
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – July 12
  • Link to STAC-Full agenda
  • Insecure Remote Access Protocol Remediate (IRAP) Project
  • WiFi Project – Complete
• ITS Unit Representatives – July 18, 2022
  • Link to Unit Reps agendas, presentations, and recordings
  • API Management
  • DL Switch Replacement
  • Business Objects Upgrade
  • My learning Analytics (MyLA)
• In-Building UMNet Governance – July 19 
  • Link to Agenda
  • WiFi upgrade complete
  • Network Core update
  • VoiP Service Implications
• Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – July 22
  • Link to DGAC agenda
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – July 26
  • Link to STAC-Full agenda
  • M-Community 7/30 rollout
• ITS Data Center Governance – July 26 
• Admitting Systems Production (ASP) – July 27 
  • Preferred Name Mapping
  • “Personal Information” Working Group
  • ITS Updates
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – August 2
  • Link to STAC-Core Minutes
  • Michigan IT Recruiting Video with ITS Interns
  • Level Setting for the Year
  • Key Initiatives
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – August 9 
  • Link to STAC-Full Notes  
  • Apps Anywhere
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – August 16
  • Link to STAC-Core Minutes
  • Future of Work Steering Group
  • CoP Updates:
    • Campus Health & Well-Being Tech
    • Technology Leadership
    • Disaster Recovery & business Continuity
    • Extended Reality (XR)
• Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – August 17
• Collaboration Services Advisory Group (CSAG) – August 17 
• Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – August 19
  • Link to DGAC agenda
  • Email Marketing Initiative
• In-Building UMNet Governance – August 23 
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – August 23
  • Link to STAC-Full Notes 
  • Zoom phone double connection
  • Department of Shameless Plugs
• Student Administration Strategic Advisory Committee (SASAC) – August 26 

Upcoming September Meetings:

• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – September 13
  • Link to STAC-Full Notes 
• Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – September 16
  • Link to DGAC agenda
• ITS Unit Representatives – September 19
  • Link to Unit Reps agendas, presentations, and recordings
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – September 20
  • Link to STAC-Core Minutes
• Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – September 21 
• In-Building UMNet Governance – September 23 
• Admitting Systems Production (ASP) – September 27 
  • ASP Introductions
  • ITS Updates
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – September 27
  • Link to STAC-Full Notes 

IT Communities of Practice activities

The full calendar is on the Communities of Practice web page.

June/July/August Community of Practice meetings recap:

• Project Management – June 15
  • Coffee Chat
• Women in IT – Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) – June 15
  • Coffee Chat
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Community of Practice – June 21
  • Guest speaker Kevin Hayes, CISO of Merit Networks, presented, “How to plan and execute a dynamic disaster recovery tabletop exercise”. Kevin is an expert in this area, running Merit’s Data and Disasters exercise.
  • Recording and slides are visible to Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Community of Practice members.
• CRM/Salesforce Community of Practice – June 24 
• Data Integration – June 27 
• Project Management – July 13 
  • Coffee Chat
• Women in IT – BTAA – July 20 
  • Coffee Chat
• AV Community of Practice – July 22
• Data Integration – July 25
• Technology Leadership – July 28
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Community of Practice – August 16
  • FY2023 Meeting Notes
• Data Integration – August 22 

Upcoming September Meetings:

• Business Intelligence Community of Practice – September 12
  • BO Upgrade and technical deeper dive
• Project Management Community of Practice – September 21
  • Coffee Networking (Zoom Link)
• AV Community of Practice – September 23
• Data Integration Community of Practice – September 26