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IT Governance Committee
The IT Governance structure promotes
and supports the effective use of
information technology in academic and
administrative programs. The committee
establ ishes and communicates a
campus-wide IT vision and policies that
supports the University mission and goals.
It defines technical architecture,
standards and establishes best practices
and tools for the University.
Technology Strategic
Planning Committee
UITS must continue to leverage latest
technology in its plans for the future to
provide customer oriented, accessible,
affordable, and high quality teaching and
learning environment campus-wide. This
committee focuses on new technology
planning, management and works on a
broad scope of UITS’s next move on
technology and defining further programs.
IT Branding Committee
The UITS branding committee objective is
to promote UITS projects and services to
UAEU Community including UITS. The
committee will be focusing on ‘Branding’
for UITS in a business perspective accom-
plishments to the UAEU Community.
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Information Technology Committees
To better align the Information Technology investments with University strategy and goals and to effectively manage business demands on
IT, the Office of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) has established numerous internal IT committees. These committees are responsible for
coordinating the information technology, academics and administrative business in the university. UITS staff members strives to improve the
quality of the university services by actively participating in the following internal UITS committees.
IT Steering Committee
The UITS Steering Committee oversees
the ongoing development of a campus-
wide IT Strategic Plan. The purpose of
this governing group is to look at IT
initiatives, activities and align them with
overall university strategic objectives and
processes.
Change Management
Committee
The role of the committee is to ensure that
standardized methods and procedures are
used for efficient and prompt handling of all
changes within IT sector, in order to
minimize the number and impact of any
related incidents.
UITS Managers Committee
A lot of initiative and projects are being
taken care by each section and it’s very
critical for these areas to communicate
with each other centrally.
To formulize this concept UITS managers
are meetings bi-weekly to share their
ongoing projects and to enhance
communication and collaboration efforts
internally.