“IT strategy is a long-term plan outlining how an organization will utilize technology to achieve its goals and objectives. It involves aligning technology with business strategy to ensure technology investments align with business priorities. An effective IT strategy should provide a roadmap for technology investments, outlining how they will create business value and support the organization’s growth and development. IT strategy typically takes the form of a written document. This document serves as a blueprint for the organization’s IT initiatives and helps to ensure that everyone is aligned on the overall IT direction.”
-Souragh Hajela, executive director – CIO Strategies
Illinois’ strategic framework
Boldly Illinois 2030, the University’s strategic framework, is based upon three values.
- Collaborating to both solve problems and establish common understanding
- Fostering authentic inclusion to build community
- Empowering individuals to be their best self.
To support and enable the University’s bold future, the IT community is embracing these values to build a campuswide technology strategy. We are currently in the planning stages of a collaborative and comprehensive process to create this plan. As we embark on this journey, we encourage you to participate and look forward to your input and feedback.
Keys to success
Campuswide shared vision
Develop and implement a campuswide technology strategy that is based upon a shared vision of IT at Illinois that aligns our work to the university’s Boldly Illinois 2030 framework.
Collaboration
Change the way we work together to build mutual trust and leverage our local expertise.
Implement and annualize
Create a reusable system and methodology for IT strategic planning that is inclusive, transparent, measurable and tightly coupled to the university’s mission and values.
Measure and adjust
Develop and implement benchmarks and outcomes to measure the success of our efforts.
We want your feedback
Your questions and feedback are vital to the success of this effort. If you have questions or feedback about this work, please complete the feedback form. The project team will review submissions weekly.