IT Governance

Overview

Successful IT governance enables engaged and transparent decision-making that optimizes IT investments campus wide, resulting in effective, efficient, and secure uses of technology.

The purpose of IT governance at UNCG is to provide the mechanism by which institutional technology investments, programs and policies are vetted, prioritized, approved, and managed throughout the lifecycle. UNCG’s IT governance framework was created in accordance with the requirements set forth in UNC System Policy 1400.1 Section IV and is in place to address the need for responsiveness to the wide variety of IT needs in units across campus while keeping in mind the overall needs and resources of the University as a whole.

IT Governance is led by an Executive Steering Committee (ESC) that is informed by a number of advisory committees that are focused on specific institution wide IT areas of focus. All advisory committees report to the Executive Steering Committee. The Executive Steering Committee reports to the Chancellor, who has final decision-making authority for all issues.

The ESC is the senior university governance group and principal strategic advisory group to the Chancellor. The Chancellor has vested the ESC with full authority to align technology investments to university strategic priorities and balance technology improvement goals with available resources. 