Steering Committee Meeting

Information Technology Strategy Project
Final Plan Review
University of North Carolina • August 31, 1999

Advancing Campus Computing and Collaboration

1

Project Status

We have completed Phase 2 of the IT Strategy project.

Identify
Challenges and
Focus Areas

Recommend
Strategies

Develop Action
Plan

Phase 2
November 1998 - August 1999

•Prepared an environmental
scan of major challenges
facing UNC

•Visited all 16 campuses to
identify IT needs and
challenges

•Identified five focus areas for
the IT strategy

•Conducted a current IT
utilization and support study
of UNC and 47 other
institutions

•Identified exemplary practices
from other systems

•Worked with five task forces
to define the IT strategies and
identify projects for UNC

•Identified high priority
strategic initiatives

•Estimated costs for the
recommended strategies

•Developed an action plan and
investment projections for an
implementation scenario over
three years

More than 300 UNC personnel, students and external advisors contributed ideas,
information, and knowledge to the development of the plan.

2

Distance
Education

Admin.
Systems

Teaching
and
Learning

Services for
Students

Logistical
Needs

What We Need From You Today

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Review the sequencing of strategic initiatives

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Confirm recommendations and first year’s budget

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Review the next steps in the implementation process