IT Leadership and Effectiveness Assessment for Presidents and Non-Technical Leaders

Colleges and universities rely on technology more than ever. But with all the other demands on your attention, it can be difficult to know what questions to ask to find out if your technology investments are pushing your institution ahead of the pack — or holding them back. 

By completing the following two-minute, self-guided survey, you’ll see how your institution is aligned with industry standards for excellence and where you need to focus to create a stable, secure, and value-driven infrastructure for the future.

This survey requires no subject matter expertise. Reponses are in multiple-choice format, allowing you to select more than one answer where applicable. Results will be provided immediately upon completion.

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Leadership, Strategy & Governance

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Strategic Presence at the Leadership Table

To what extent is your top IT leader (CIO or VP of IT) embedded in your strategic decision-making team (e.g., cabinet)?

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Leadership, Strategy & Governance

02

Strategic Engagement with Leadership

How frequently do you and your senior leadership team engage with IT leadership to shape institutional priorities and strategy?

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IT Performance & Delivery

03

Ability to Deliver Strategic Value

How often does your IT team deliver projects that directly enable institutional goals — on time, on budget, and meeting leadership’s expectations?

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IT Performance & Delivery

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Existence of Core IT Governance Documents

How many of the following guiding documents are actively maintained and used to drive decisions?

  • IT Strategic Plan (1–3 years)
  • IT Project Roadmap (12 months)
  • IT Security Plan
  • Disaster Recovery Plan
  • Business Continuity Plan

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IT Performance & Delivery

05

Effectiveness of IT Ecosystem

How effective do you feel your current IT investments are in enabling your leaders, staff and faculty to maximize their full potential?

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IT Performance & Delivery

06

IT Budget Allocation vs Benchmarks

How confident are you that your current IT budget aligns with industry benchmarks for institutions of your size and complexity?

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Data-Informed Decision Making

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Technology’s Role in Revenue Enablement

To what extent do your core IT systems and platforms directly enable revenue generation, growth, or cost recovery for the institution (e.g., enrollment growth, fundraising, auxiliary services, operational efficiencies that free resources)?

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Data-Informed Decision Making

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Alignment of IT Outcomes with Strategic Goals

To what degree are IT outcomes measured and managed in terms of your institution’s strategic objectives (not just IT metrics)?

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Data-Driven Decision Making

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Data Silos and Confidence in Decision-Making

How often does fragmented or siloed data from different departments limit your ability to make confident, data-informed decisions?

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Risk & Escalation

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Frequency of Escalated IT Problems

How often do unresolved or poorly governed IT issues escalate to your level due to their impact or scope?

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SHOW MY RESULTS 

underperforming

Underperforming IT

IT is primarily reactive, siloed, and not contributing effectively to strategy or informed decision-making. Your institution is allocating most/all of its available IT resources to putting out fires, patching broken platforms and trying to maintain the existing technology investments you’ve already made. As a result, projects are delivered late, over budget, or not at all.

Your stakeholders are unsatisfied, and you’re getting involved far more than you should. In this state, it will be very difficult for your team to provide the IT support your institution needs to succeed and remain viable in the current higher education environment. You need outside help, now.

developing

Developing IT Function

Some strategic alignment exists, but gaps in governance, data quality, and project delivery are reducing IT’s value to the institution.

Your technology investments have not been optimized leaving plenty of opportunities to grow, but they aren’t holding you back or driving you ahead of your competitors.

high-functioning

High-Functioning IT

IT is fully strategic, data-driven, well-governed, and enabling institutional success. Your IT function is a trusted partner at the leadership table.

Your IT team responds to issues promptly and effectively, freeing up most of their time to work closely with your stakeholders to determine their needs and develop solutions and support to address them. Your technology investments are paying off and delivering strong returns and pushing your institution ahead.

Click Submit to send your results to Dynamic Campus and set up a 30-minute, confidential IT assessment that delivers an action plan to accelerate your Pathway to Institutional Success.

Click Submit to send your results to Dynamic Campus and set up a 30-minute, confidential IT assessment that delivers an action plan to accelerate your Pathway to Institutional Success.

Click Submit to send your results to Dynamic Campus and set up a 30-minute, confidential IT assessment that delivers an action plan to accelerate your Pathway to Institutional Success.