1. Portfolio Introduction Techlink 24 July 2019

2. IT governance has barely changed since the 1970s
Generic Computing
Early admin systems
However, the way the University makes decisions about the services it needs hasn’t really evolved since the 1970s when we had a couple of computing and administration systems

3. We now have more than 200 IT services and projects
Student
Admin
Network
Research
Costing
Web Dev
Alumni
Recruitment
WiFi
HPCS
Training
Teaching & Learning
Services
Planning &
Reporting
Date
Centres
Timetabling
Student
Info
Audio-Visual
Research
Info
Remote
Access
Service
Desk
Student
Funding
Desktop
Services
Desktop
Collaboration
Phones
Hosting &
Storage
HR systems
Research Admin
And, this reliance is only going to grow as IT is used to improve every aspect of what the University does.

4. We now have more than 200 IT services and projects
Student
Admin
Carbon footprint
Online expenses
Network
Research
Costing
Web Dev
Alumni
Recruitment
WiFi
HPCS
Training
Teaching & Learning
Services
Planning &
Reporting
Date
Centres
Timetabling
Student
Info
Audio-Visual
Research
Info
Remote
Access
Service
Desk
Student
Funding
Desktop
Services
Desktop
Collaboration
Phones
Hosting &
Storage
HR systems
Research Admin
And, this reliance is only going to grow as IT is used to improve every aspect of what the University does.

5. Research & collections
Research Admin
Business Systems
Student
Admin
Teaching & Learning
Infrastructure
Wouldn’t it be nice if these services and projects were more ordered?
This has been made possible by the introduction of six portfolios.

6. The IT landscape is now divided into six portfolios
Research & Collections
Owned by the
PVC for Research
Research Admin
Owned by the
PVC for Research
Business Systems
Owned by
The Registrary
Student
Admin
Owned by the
PVC for Education
Teaching and Learning
Owned by the
PVC for Education
Infrastructure
owned by the UIS director
There needs to be a better way of linking the IT that we provide directly to the University’s goals across teaching, research and administration
ISC fully supports.
6 IT portfolios, each owned by a senior member of the University.
The owners will decide the IT priorities within their portfolios and oversee the work at a very high level.
The exception is infrastructure which UIS owns. Infrastructure is which is the platform for IT at Cambridge
Schools and colleges use the systems and services.

7. Research & Collections
Portfolio governance – driving shared approaches across all IT systems.
Research & Collections
Owned by PVC
for Research
Research Admin
Owned by PVC
for Research
Business Systems
Owned by the Registrary
Student
Admin
Owned by the PVC
for Education
Teaching and Learning
Owned by the PVC
for Education
RCSC
RASC
BSSC
SISC
DTLS
Infrastructure
owned by the UIS director

8. Phased portfolio implementation
Apr-19
Sep-19
Easter 2020
Phase 1: Baseline
Reconfigure into portfolio landscape
Phase 2: Roadmap Where do we need to go?
Phase 3: Investment-ready Setting ourselves up for the future
Service & project familiarisation
Identify key service improvement/ decomissioning for 2019/2020
Tactical prioritisation of existing services & projects
Deeper understanding of dependencies
Produce Portfolio strategy (aligned with University priorities, School/UAS priorities, other strategies etc)
TBC
Tasks
Note: we are not embarking on a large request gathering exercise.
Description of portfolio
Description of current services and projects
Current allocation (budget & FTE)
Tactical prioritisation
Basic tactical Roadmap (portfolio plan)
Request process
Full Roadmap
Longer term service plan
TBC
Output