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.

January Governance meetings recap

• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – January 10
  • Link to STAC-Full Notes 
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – January 17
  • Link to STAC-Core Minutes
  • Draft Research Data SPG
  • ITS Accessibility Director
• Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – January 18 
• Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – January 20
  • Link to DGAC agenda
• In-Building UMNet Governance Meeting – January 20 
• Admitting Systems Production (ASP) – January 24 
• ITS Data Center Governance – January 24  
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – January 24 
  • Link to STAC-Full Notes

Upcoming Governance February meetings:

• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – February 7
  • Link to STAC-Core Minutes
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – February 14
  • Link to STAC-Full Notes 
• Student Records, Curriculum, & Academic Advising (SRCAA) – February 15 
• Data Governance Advisory Committee (DGAC) – February 17
  • Link to DGAC agenda
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Core) – February 21
  • Link to STAC-Core Minutes
• In-Building UMNet Governance Meeting – February 22 
• Student Administration Strategic Advisory Committee(SASAC) – February 24 
• Admitting Systems Production (ASP) – February 28
• Strategic Technology Advisory Committee (STAC-Full) – February 28
  • Link to STAC-Full Notes 

IT Communities of Practice activities

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

January Community of Practice meetings recap:

• UNIT DSA – January 13
  • Link to Unit DSA agenda
• Data Integration – January 23
• AV – January 27
• Campus Health & Well-being Tech – January 19

Upcoming Communities of Practice February meetings:

• Collaboration and Productivity – February 1
  • The Collaboration and Productivity Community of Practice seeks to add value and increase knowledge about the University of Michigan’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 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. ET.
  • Learn more by visiting the Collaboration and Productivity Community of Practice website.
  • Become a part of it by joining our MCommunity group.
  • Chat with us in our Michigan IT Slack workspace channel!
• UNIT DSA Meeting – February 3
  • Link to Unit DSA agenda
• Michigan IT Project Management – February 8
  • Coffee chat
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity – Critical Assets – February 14
• Campus Health & Well-being Tech – February 16
• Storage – February 22
  • Link to Storage agenda
• Data Integration – February 27