Your UAB IT Strategic Plan
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a world-class educational and research university and deserves a world-class information technology organization. UAB IT worked with students, faculty and staff to develop a strategic plan that empowers you to reach your full potential in a changing environment. After a series of town halls and committee meetings, the University community has helped co-author the IT Strategic Plan, which serves as UAB IT's call to action and provide a competitive advantage for our campus.
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Create a secure computing environment
When students, faculty, and staff feel safe in their computing environment, they can work more efficiently without fear of external threats and are at greater liberty to foster new, innovative ideas, with the knowledge that their work is secure.
Establish shared governance
Shared governance builds trust, confidence, and accountability for all stakeholders in an organization while strengthening the organization through diversity of thought and collaboration.
Develop a world-class IT organization
The UAB vision is to be “an internationally renowned research university,” and to accomplish this, we must strive for excellence in all areas, especially IT, which is a vital component of daily life in the modern university setting.
Generate business value
IT must be at the forefront of lowering institutional costs, increasing institutional revenues and relentlessly optimizing processes, as enablers and stewards of limited resources.
Partner with academic and research operations
New technologies, as well as a resourceful use of existing technologies, can be combined to set UAB apart from peer institutions in terms of efficiency and collaboration, and can ultimately ensure opportunities for student and faculty achievement.
Foster data-driven decision making
Data-driven decision making ensures unbiased accuracy, encourages information to be continually added and updated, and leads to long-term results, allowing UAB to be increasingly competitive with peer institutions.
Enhance the IT community in Birmingham and beyond
UAB is a vital member of a vibrant technology ecosystem, with vested interests in the success of the IT community in Birmingham and beyond.
