Governance

Objectives 

With a project as long lasting and complex as a student information system implementation across four institutions, an established governance structure is critical to success. The key objectives of project governance are:

• Timely decision-making
• Clear escalation process for decision-making
• Clear responsibilities at each level of progressive decision-making
• Empower LSU personnel with significant organizational stature to make decisions in the best interests of the project
• Transparent program/project reporting, decisions, and status updates
• Consistent flow of communication
• Forums for advisement on critical program/project-related matters
• Venues to inform and attain buy-in 

Project Leadership

Executive Sponsors

• Champion holistic success of the program
• Critical unresolved issues

Executive Steering Committee

• Advocate for Strategic Project Vision, Objectives, and Scope
• Affirm and enforce project charter
• Complex program management & project oversight
• Assuring project delivery and quality control
• Milestone and deliverables sign off
• Cross-Institution Project Change Champions
• Drive change management agenda with executive leadership across all institutions

Academic Policy Committee

• Making recommendations regarding academic policy questions and issues to the LSU Office of Academic Affairs
• Drive solutions and escalations of risks and issues

Process Governance Committee

• Making decisions on process and non-academic policy issues
• Drive solutions and escalations of risks and issues

Enterprise IT PMO & Student Program Management

• Includes Project Functional Director / Project Deployment Director
• Cross-Institutional Tactical Leadership
• Team management and escalation of operational risks and issues
• Alignment/awareness of dependent projects

Workstream Teams

• Cross-Institutional Tactical Leadership
• Workstream Execution