Michigan IT Governance & Communities of Practice activities for December 2022 and January 2023

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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.

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.

November Governance meetings recap

  • Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – November 1 
  • Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – November 8 
  • Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – November 16 
  • Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – November 18 
  • In-Building UMNet – November 18
    • Data Analysis work (continued)
  • Unit Reps – November 21
    • ITS Internship program & Campus Partner Participation
    • Canvas New Quizzes – Update
    • Virtual Sites
    • API Management Solution Replacement Update

Upcoming Governance December/January meetings:

  • Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – December 6 
  • Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – December 13 
  • Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – December 16 
  • Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – December 20 
  • Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – December 21 
  • In-Building UMNet – December 21 
  • Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – January 10 
  • Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – January 17 
  • Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – January 18 
  • Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – January 20 
  • Admitting Systems Production (ASP) – January 24 
  • ITS Data Center Governance – January 24  
  • Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – January  

IT Communities of Practice activities

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

November Community of Practice meetings recap:

  • Collaboration & Productivity – November 2
    • The Collaboration and Productivity Community of Practice seeks to add value and increase knowledge about U-M’s collaboration and productivity landscape through engagement, leadership, and community.
      • Collaboration and productivity services are widely used and critically important across the university community. This Community of Practice will discuss, educate and inform about such services; collect and offer examples of their use, and work to elevate collaboration and productivity at the University of Michigan.
      • This group meets the afternoon of the first Wednesdays of November, February, June, and August, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. ET.
      • Learn more by visiting the Collaboration & Productivity website.
      • Become a part of it by joining the MCommunity group.
      • Chat with us in the Michigan IT Slack workspace channel!
    • Agenda/Topics
      • Inaugural meeting of the Collaboration and Productivity Community of Practice
      • Deep dive: Google Calendar / Appointment Scheduling
  • UNIT DSA Meeting – November 4
  • Michigan IT Symposium – November 16-17
  • Data Integration – November 28

Upcoming Communities of Practice December/January meetings:

  • Business Intelligence – December 5
    • NSC (National Student Clearinghouse) Dashboard and Data
    • Data Catalog Update
  • Project Management – December 14
    • Coffee Chat
  • Unit DSA Meeting – January 13
  • Data Integration – January 23
  • AV – January 27
  • Campus Health & Well-being Tech – January 19