Start date: 1 September 2005
End date: 31 July 2008
Funding programme: JISC Organisational Support programme
JISC theme(s): e-Administration
Committees: JISC Organisational Support committee
With growing pressure on management and governance structures in mind the project commissioned a team from the University of Strathclyde to develop a framework and toolkit to assist institutions in evaluating the management and governance of their information systems. To inform this development the team drew upon a number of sources:
- Extant frameworks for information systems management and governance, primarily the Value for Money Initiative conducted by HEFCE in 1998 and frameworks developed for IT governance in other sectors
- A survey of over 100 UK HEIs, which posed a range of questions about their approach to IT management and governance
- Reports and surveys developed by other sector support groups such as UCISA and SCONUL
- Relevant literature on the subject of information systems and IT management and governance
The two main outputs of the project are:
- A framework to guide the analysis and review of information systems and IT management and governance
- A self-assessment toolkit, structured around the framework, that will assist institutions in evaluating their approach to information systems management and governance through comparison with best practice across the sector
Additionally the project produced a review of relevant literature and a detailed analysis of the results of the survey that was undertaken. The toolkit underwent a pilot testing phase in 06/07AY and is set for a sector wide roll out in 2008.
Further details can be obtained from the project website