Highlighted Current UM IT Projects
IT Projects is intended to provide a campus-wide approach to identify, prioritize, and successfully execute a portfolio of technology initiatives and projects that are aligned with UM’s strategic goals and educational vision. Project management leadership is responsible for establishing and implementing best practices for the benefit of the University in a way that encourages collaboration, standardization, and overall improvement in our educational community.
One Digital Identity Project
The UM IT Identity Management Team has launched a project to simplify all of an individual's accounts so they will have a single login using a new service, Okta. The goal is one digital identity for each person associated with the University and to eliminate the need for multiple sets of credentials per individual. Additionally as part of this effort, UM IT Leadership is releasing our Standard Account Management Policies.
Read more about UM IT's One Digital Identity Project.
Banner Modernization Project
The UM IT Enterprise Technologies division is working with Ellucian to update our Banner software architecture and processes. The Banner Modernization Project (BMP) will fix and improve current processes as well as introduce new systems which will increase efficiency and capabilities for employees and students. This project supports UM Strategy's Priorities for Action (PFA) 3.3.2 "Modernize Banner", charged to "Improve systems to empower employees and create efficiencies in workload".