IT Partners’ Council (ITPC)

Reports to: IT Advisory Board (ITAB)

Charter

The IT Partners’ Council (ITPC) is the University’s primary advisory committee for the application of technology to improve and support campus services, operations, management and data-driven decision-making. ITPC serves as the senior governance committee for university administrative technologies (e.g., Workday, Banner, and Business Intelligence) used to support operational excellence. In this role, ITPC will make appropriate recommendations to the ITEC regarding changes in policy, annual project priorities, changes in service, and other issues that will have institution-wide impact.

The Provost and EVP will appoint members of ITPC in consultation with the CIO. Membership should include representatives from major administrative operations, academic support, and student support divisions, and IS. ITPC will be chaired by a senior administrative leader appointed by the EVP and in consultation with the Provost.

The specific charge of the ITPC is:

• Recommend priorities to ITEC for capital investment and identify opportunities for collaboration across administrative areas and distributed units;
• Lead efforts to formulate policies and processes for effective data stewardship.
• Coordinate the management of enterprise administrative applications.
• Receive recommendations from initiative teams and approve prioritization of major administrative and student system related IS development projects.
• Resolve cross-module and cross organizational issues that impact the use of enterprise applications including data definitions.
• Provide sponsorship for initiatives to encourage the adoption of new and existing technologies, to improve efficiency and effectiveness of business processes through the use of technology, and to measure process improvements.
• Recommend policy changes that impact the use of administrative technologies.
• Identify emerging needs or potential applications of new technology that are shared across the University.

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ITPC will meet bimonthly, outside of the summer months, with the option to call special meetings on an as-needed basis. Minutes will be recorded to reflect discussions, decisions and action items. The ITPC members will determine their approach to decision-making (e.g., consensus, majority vote, etc.).