What is IT governance?
IT governance determines who makes IT decisions for an organization and the process by which those decisions are made. It ensures that IT best supports the mission and strategy of the Faculty of Medicine as a whole.
How does it work?
IT Committee: IT governance at UBC Faculty of Medicine is led by the IT Committee (ITC). This committee synthesizes the needs of various areas within the Faculty and provides recommendations on IT as whole to the Dean. This group also has oversight of large initiatives that affect many groups.
Faculty of Medicine units (departments, centres, schools, institutes, programs, and administrative groups) participate in IT planning and help guide IT decisions by sharing ideas, making suggestions, and representing their areas to the ITC. They focus on their own unit’s needs, propose new technologies, set priorities, and seek advice from the ITC.
Working in Federation: IT @ FOM
The governance structure is based on a federated model for IT in the Faculty of Medicine.
Unit IT groups and central UBC IT are essential components in the Faculty of Medicine IT ecosystem. In the federated model, the Faculty’s central IT group (FOM Digital Solutions), UBC’s central IT group (UBC IT) and local departmental or centre IT units collaborate to promote Faculty-wide and University-wide perspectives toward IT and to better manage costs, risks, and outcomes.
Having centralized IT staff and IT staff within units is a key component of this federated model as both are required to deliver services that are needed across the Faculty.
