• To establish a three to five year roadmap for University information technology
• To surface ideas and opportunities to align IT priorities with UD’s strategic goals
• To engage colleagues from around the University in discussion of technology strategies and priorities
• To strengthen IT governance, IT management processes and organizational capacity to prepare to implement

Effective information technology is an essential enabler of the University of Delaware’s strategic goals and the day to day work of its students, faculty and staff. This plan establishes a multi-year roadmap to support growth in research and innovation, enable academic excellence, improve students’ experience and achieve greater operational excellence.

Crafted with extensive input from the UD community, the plan provides a framework to set annual priorities and aligns the efforts of UD’s IT organizations. Technology strategies are informed by other University initiatives including the Research Information Management Task Force, Data Governance Committee, the emerging Online Learning strategy, and external reviews technologies and business processes.

Realizing the plan will be a collaborative effort of University and college IT groups working in concert with many campus partners in administrative and academic areas, a new IT governance structure will be established to guide the implementation of the strategy and bring further transparency and participation to IT decisions. This document summarizes the plan’s goals, strategies and major tactics. A summary of IT governance structure, implementation roadmaps and investment projections are included, as is a list of Steering Committee members and working group participants.