Information Technology Governance Summit
September 10-11, 2007
Hyatt Regency Tech Center, Denver, CO
Facilitator: Patrick Sanaghan, President, Sanaghan Group
EDUCAUSE Contact: Mark Luker, Vice President
Summary of the IT Governance Summit
Summary Report of the IT Governance Summit [PDF 120 KB]
Speakers
Plenary: Preliminary Findings from the ECAR Study on IT Governance [PPT 359 KB]
Ron Yanosky, ECAR Fellow
IT Governance in Higher Education:
- grounded in standard definitions, but adapted to higher education.
- web-based survey of EDUCAUSE member institution CIOs, 438 responses.
- shorter survey of execs involved in governance at 58 partner institutions, 216 responses.
- qualitative interviews and case studies.
- respondents generally have positive views about IT alignment with institutional strategic goals.
- alignment and institutional view of IT trump "practical politics" among ITG drivers...
- ...but when asked what produces good ITG outcomes, CIOs favor relationships and personalities.
- a majority say ITG is effective overall.
- where CIOs and executives disagree, execs appear to be slightly more optimistic.
- more findings coming!
Plenary: How IT Governance Propelled an IT Revolution [PPT 839 KB]
Laurie G. Antolovic’, Deputy CIO and Finance Officer, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, Indiana University
IT Governance in Higher Education:
- Often not structured for effective IT governance.
- Enterprise goals often unclear or unarticulated.
- Leadership often lacks interest and understanding of IT in the context of the enterprise.
- Decision-making is too slow.
- Revolutionary change in IT governance is needed during frontier phase; more structure is essential.
- Governance can be evolved.
- Proxies can be used:
- CIO translates, aggregates discussions and decisions of enterprise leaders into business goals and IT goals.
- IT can fill leadership gap through purposeful relationships with colleges, other groups.
- IT organization must earn community’s trust.
- IT organization must communicate often with community; gather and glean broader community input.
- IT organization must be good stewards of resources, nurture relationships with community and keep an eye on the future.
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