The IT Governance Reboot project sought to build greater alignment around strategic IT priorities, reduce unnecessary technical debt and enhance WVU’s technological infrastructure through the establishment of an enterprise-wide IT governance model.
The IT Governance Reboot project was initiated to address and improve the alignment of IT strategies and priorities with overall organizational goals and objectives. In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, it is crucial for WVU to ensure that our IT governance structure is dynamic, responsive and in harmony with the strategic priorities of the organization. This project aimed to bring about greater accountability and effectiveness in managing IT resources, projects and the decision-making processes.
Recommendations for the structure of the data governance program were delivered in conjunction with our consulting partner. WVU is working to incorporate these recommendations and the IT Governance Program into an Information and Technology Governance Program.
Data Governance will be a complement to other governance structures and, most notably, IT Governance. Obtaining long-term adoption of data governance (and the associated benefits) will be best achieved by incorporating data governance-defined activities into IT Governance project execution and post-delivery support.
- Data Governance defines the data and provides context to how it is created, managed and used.
- Data and IT Governance work together to provide the right data at the right time with the right controls.
- IT Governance manages the technology and configuration to support the creation and maintenance of data.