Project Management Community: The Project Management Community of Practice was successfully completed on May 15, 2024. This project set out to establish a campus-wide community of project managers and those who do project management as part of their jobs. Over the course of a year, we collated more than 50 templates, trainings, and other resources. The community has 92 members, 78 are considered active members. We hosted 4 roundtables, the first one had 13 attendees, the second had 21, the third had 42, and the fourth had 32. The Community will continue being facilitated by the SPMO.
Interim Data Governance: Completed in early 2024, the goal of this project was to set up an interim board to serve the Urbana campus by providing guidance on the release and use of student-focused data.
Procurement Approvals Process Mapping: Part of Operational Excellence, this project mapped procurement approval processes within the Purchasing & Contracts Management Office (PCMO) and with in colleges/units across campus. We completed the project on March 12, 2024. The project produced 9 maps for the PCMO and Unit/College processes. The project flagged 10 opportunities for improvement in areas like transparency/tracking, training, and collaboration. Next steps will be to determine which opportunities the Procurement Advisory Governance Committee want to move forward on and to begin discovery and/or project set up for those items.
2023 Business Excellence Symposium: Completed in the Fall of 2023, this project set to revamp the annual Business IT Symposium. The project revamp turned the focus outward to the campus, to highlight new and ongoing efforts that units are undertaking to bring about Business Excellence. Units showcased their work for others in an Exhibitor’s Hall. There was also a fishbowl conversation with key Operational Excellence leaders.