• ICT Governance Overview
• ICT Governance Model
• ICT Decision Matrix
• Policies

Reports

• ISA Unit Plan 2012-2016
• ITS Unit Plan 2012-2016
• TechQual+ Report 2013
• TechQual+ Report 2011
• ICT Plan 2008-2012
• Information Strategy (April 2008)
• ICT Plan 2004-2008
• ICT Foundational Document (2003)
• ICT Governance at the U of S
• Introduction to ICT at the U of S

ICT Governance Overview

ICT governance is about policies, plans, projects and priorities. It's about who makes what decisions, who advises those who make the decisions, and how and where that advice is provided. It's also about roles, responsibilities and authority. Leaders need to lead but stakeholders need the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to decision-making at a point appropriate to their institutional roles. There must be institution-wide oversight, coordination and facilitation.

A Federated Model

At the U of S we operate within a federated model that seeks to balance the tension between the opposing poles of centralization and decentralization. A federated model fits well with the culture of a university. It can both accommodate the autonomous nature of individual units and achieve the scale economies of the centralized model—not centralization or decentralization but centralization and decentralization, appropriately balanced.

We have put in place a governance structure that respects institutional responsibilities and boundaries, provides opportunities for stakeholders to be meaningfully engaged in the planning and development of initiatives according to their roles and provides for both technical and non-technical input (since both are critical to success).