IT Governance Benefits

As seen through examples of IT Governance at other higher education institutions, there are many benefits for the University of Kansas to implement a structure such as this.

• Accountability / Appropriate use of funding
  • Ensure that funds used for technology solutions are used appropriately, and solutions have been thoroughly reviewed and vetted.
• Remove redundancies of services and support
  • Ensure that KU is not purchasing duplicate solutions, or that new solutions can be applied to everyone at KU.
• Adaptability and feasibility
  • Ensure that purchases or changes to services can be used by universally by everyone at KU, and that the requested changes are even possible.
• Stewardship of IT resources
  • Ensure that IT is assigning the appropriate staff to the highest priority efforts, and KU can provide on-going support for the solution.
• Security review
  • Ensure that the solution meets all security and risk concerns, including data integrity.
• Transparency and Communication
  • Wide inclusion on decision-making for core IT services, and sharing information when changes are made.