2024 IT Catalyst Projects

Projects that came out of the 2024 IT Catalyst Program (Crew One, 2024) listening tours. Overarching themes to focus on to make systemic change to IT:

  • Communications (need high collaboration with university marketing teams)
  • Support Revamp (IT can fully own this)
  • Onboarding and training (need collaboration with many others outside of IT)

Projects chosen for the fall semester:

Project nameTeam leaderTeam membersBrief DescriptionDeliverablesProject Status
Event participation diversityGary Barton/Joshua Enos co-lead 
  • Kate Hennessy
  • Joshua Enos
  • Jason Barnes
  • Chris Broomell
  • Gary Barton

Get IT community members more involved in more 澳门六合彩官网直播 events

"More faces at more places"

More IT presence at 澳门六合彩官网直播 events with more individuals involved; create a system that can be handed off to next person or cohortCompleted
Main deliverable: IT staff members are coordianting attendance at more events on campus.
Streamline and Simplify Support ExperiencesTBD
  • Scott Centilli
  • Nathan Wollensak
  • Brandon Hamilton
Identify current processes and needed improvements to simplify and streamline experiencesCheck in with departments for feedback; pull Salesforce reports to see if there is a decrease in ticketsCompleted
Main deliverable: Case to email process in University CMR
HR Onboarding docJason Barnes
  • Gary Barton
  • Jason Barnes
  • Jacob Neumann
Review and update HR Onboarding docFinalize and approved new doc; training to HR on the docCompleted
Main deliverable: Reviewed existing documents and process.
Self-help guide and update support matrixTBD
  • Adam Knight
  • Chris Broomell
  • Jacob Neumann
Create/update a self-help troubleshooting guide to be posted in go澳门六合彩官网直播; Review and update the current support matrix

New self-help guide posted in go澳门六合彩官网直播

Updated support matrix online

In Process
99% done, will be up in Wiki by end of semester. Will need ongoing maintenance.
Training topics visibilityJoseph Hill
  • Amy Vance
  • Joseph Hill
  • Joshua Grant
Collect, review, and organize materials around key trainingsAn organized CMS page in go澳门六合彩官网直播 about training materialsCompleted
Main deliverable:
Suggestions to Improve the discoverability and accessibility of internal and external articles and FAQs to reduce confusions and increase self-service success rates.
Student onboarding experienceTom Livermore
  • Jacob Neumann
  • Daren Ray
  • Tom Livermore
Collect and review all onboarding materials related to new students beginning at 澳门六合彩官网直播A concise document outlining all necessary steps needed for successful student onboarding experience; train and share with university stakeholdersCompleted
Main deliverable: website information has been updated and sent to appropriate teams.
External IT ChampionsChris Broomell
  • Chris Broomell
  • Amy Vance
  • Joshua Enos
Seek out IT champions (outside of IT) who can be a liaison/connector between IT and their unitPPT to transition this project to next Catalyst, to pilot a Champions team of non-IT employees who are tech savvy and can be a point of contact for IT problems.  Completed
PPT presentation has been completed and is available for the next crew to utilize and continue working with.