IT Governance Framework

The University has taken a major step towards achieving its exciting and challenging Digital Futures strategy with the implementation of a revised IT Governance Framework based on best practice.  The new framework places great importance on communication and engagement with the University community and will ensure that staff and students have a leading role in formulating IT strategy and investment. 

The Digital Futures strategy, which forms part of the University Strategic Plan 2008-2012, highlights the need for an IT governance framework that will act as a mechanism for supporting and directing the University's investment in IT such that it is strategically aligned with the University's core business.  The IT governance framework was designed to;

• Articulate the roles of the various management and governance bodies across the University in IT strategy and decision making,
• Assign clearly defined delegation for effective and efficient decision making and performance monitoring,
• Encompass a broad focus on overall IT capability, and
• Enhance strategic decision making capacity and support direction setting in key areas such as the University's enterprise architecture and the Associate Deans (IT) model.

The framework has recently been implemented with the drafting of guiding principles and the formation of three committees:

• University Information and Communications Technology Committee (UICTC),
• University Information and Communications Technology Architecture Committee (UICTAC), and
• University Information and Communications Technology Investment Committee UICTIC).