Vanderbilt IT Strategic Plan
The VUIT Strategic Plan is our team road map that will not only shape the direction of VUIT for the coming years, but also serve as a collective blueprint for the future. The plan is driven by 4 strategic priorities, 14 strategic goals, and approximately 60 strategic tasks. The success of the Strategic Plan relies on all of VUIT and will require many different teams to work collaboratively, cooperatively, and closely together.
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News & Updates
- On April 22, the VUIT Strategy team hosted the annual strategic refresh session. During the interactive session, strategy leaders celebrated the 2020 accomplishments, revised the current strategic priorities and goals, and developed a collaborative plan to move forward. Part retrospective, part working session, and part time-out, running the refresh session ensures our strategy stays present in everyone’s mind, up-to-date with changes in our environment, and relevant to everyday operations.
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July 2021 Strategy Task Update
1. Engage VU Strategic Plan
Enhance VUIT's support of the university by increasing our services and value to customers
Strategic Goals:
1a. Align VUIT with institutional goals
1b. Develop a strategy to consistently engage with Research
1c. Equip VUIT staff with the tools to understand, evolve, and promote our services to all University constituencies
1d. Incorporate a data driven emphasis into our work
2. RETAIN, Develop, and Attract DIverse TALENT
Assure a first-class workforce in a first-class workplace
Strategic Goals:
2a. Assure the growth and development of a diverse team
2b. Empower our team to grow their skill sets
2c. Enhance and articulate a competitice employee proposition
3. Deliver Outstanding technical agenda
Provide speed to value technology
Strategic Goals:
3a. Advance digital transformation
3b. Assure reliable, accessible, serviceable, and secure technology infrastructure
3c. Expand self-service capabilities with technologies, including AI
3d. Identify and reduce IT risk in the delivery of our products and services
3e. Leverage Architecture Reviews to align technology to business strategy
4. Elevate Customer-Focused Practices
Radically inflect our processes, roles, and language towards customer accessibility and visibility
Strategic Goals:
4a. Communicate actively and effectively to the broad VU community
4b. Demonstrate customer focus by actively engaging the client agenda
4c. Establish and develop a structured change management approach
4d. Foster a culture to drive continuous service improvements
4e. Improve each customer contact technique and effectively integrate them
4f. Support the flexible work needs of students, faculty, and staff
5. Advance Cybersecurity
Protecting the university's intellectual property, data, and reputation
Strategic Goals:
5a. Develop processes and implement standards
5b. Enforce alignment with policies
5c. Establish governance
5d. Transform cybersecurity culture and awareness