In 2006, the University of Washington’s Provost charged a special task force with taking a comprehensive look at the University’s critical information technology needs. After three months of intensive investigation, the IS Futures Task Force found that the University of Washington (UW) did not have a clear vision or long-term strategy for the administrative systems that support its core business operations or for the information management essential for running a complex enterprise.

Without a clear vision and strategy, there was no institutional context for prioritizing information management and administrative systems projects or allocating resources, and no framework for understanding how individual requests would help meet the UW’s long-term needs.

The University of Washington Strategic Roadmap for Information Management and Administrative Systems (Roadmap) was developed in response to the task force findings.

The Roadmap sets forth a long-term vision for the future of UW information management and administrative systems aligned with the institution’s business goals and priorities. It provides a strategic framework for prioritizing projects, making decisions, and allocating resources. It outlines an action plan with fi ve key initiatives to meet the enormous range of challenges the UW faces in providing administrative systems and information to support a large, diverse, and global institution.

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