ASU IT Governance

The vision of ASU Enterprise Technology Governance is to align, orchestrate and mature the strategic enterprise approach to IT governance. Grounded in the ASU Charter, we will achieve this vision by centering the learner in building trusted relationships, broad collaboration, commitment to transparency and robust communication within ASU’s distributed technology community.

The ASU IT Governance approach catalyzes and enables visibility, connection and communication in a distributed IT environment, publishing the body of IT Policy & Standards to guide the innovative work of the enterprise, Privacy practices and community, technology support for domestic and international Regulatory Alignment including GDPR, and driving continual improvement through supportive repeatable Compliance Processes including support of enterprise audit functions.

ASU Enterprise Technology Governance Principles actualize our Positive Core, Leadership Principles, and Responsible Innovation themes to guide and focus the work of Enterprise Technology.

• Consistent and robust engagement across the ASU Public Enterprise, ASU’s distributed technology community and governance stakeholders
• Stakeholder collaboration for initiatives and investments that advance the ASU Public Enterprise
• Mature strategic thinking and prioritization in support of the mission of the New American University
• Advance a robust body of policy that defines the guide rails within which teams responsibly innovate
• Foster a participatory IT Governance Community of Practice for diverse collaboration and strategic thinking
• Advance shared governance and ethical stewardship across the technically and organizationally diverse Enterprise
• Promote balanced risk assessment and speed to innovation aligned with national and global regulations
• Cultivate a Privacy for All approach that centers the individual

Purposefully light-touch and iterative in nature, the Enterprise Technology approach to IT governance enables visibility, collaboration and community in a distributed technology environment, strengthens our community of practice, and through refined policy, creates the guide rails within which individuals and teams innovate with greater efficiency and velocity. Committing to a hybrid agile organizational model, we’ve pivoted from an IT governance structure rooted in functional areas to one designed for advisory, co-creation, early involvement and representation from across the institution, and a model that intentionally embeds culture at every level. 

Read about the design of our initial IT governance model here: Reimagining IT Governance: The ASU-Agile Way, June 2021.