The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) oversees the university’s information technology operations and serves as a pivotal support hub for department and project endeavors.

In close collaboration with university leadership and committees, we are entrusted with providing robust technology services while shaping organizational IT strategies, policies and resource allocations. Through engagement and collaboration with the university community, we offer consultative and authoritative direction on leveraging and integrating the university’s information technology infrastructure, resources and services to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and innovation.

Vision

The Division of Information Technology enables our partners to achieve their strategic objectives by providing effective, reliable and transformative technology solutions and services.

Themes and Goals

DoIT’s strategic plan outlines seven themes which directly support the university’s strategic plan of promoting student success, elevating high-impact research, scholarship and creative works, and fostering meaningful outreach and engagement.

DoIT Strategic Plan Themes

1. Enable stakeholder success and elevate the customer experience
2. Empower research productivity and growth
3. Maximize the value of our data and information
4. Foster a culture of security and compliance
5. Extend the university’s impact through outreach and engagement
6. Leverage state, regional and vendor collaborations to expand capabilities
7. Maintain a robust IT workforce to meet university needs

Theme 1: Enable stakeholder success and elevate the customer experience

• Proactively engage with campus community
• Regularly monitor IT experiences on campus
• Provide automation and workflow tools for campus use
• Utilize AI to improve efficiency and innovation
• Design services to support broad constituent groups

Theme 2: Empower research productivity and growth

• Proactively engage with campus research community
• Elevate support for high-research areas and cores
• Identify and deploy services for research and competitive funding proposals (high-performance computing, RDE, Quantum, Arculus, etc.)
• Leverage relationships with faculty, Advancement, Libraries and other university partners to enable greater research productivity

Theme 3: Maximize the value of our data and information

• Develop a data and information foundation
• Empower leaders and business users
• Enable agile data discovery and analytics
• Govern data: Data defined and documented to promote trust and usability
• Promote data literacy and adoption
• Promote mission-based advanced analytics

Theme 4: Foster a culture of security and compliance

• Embed information security into the culture of the university
• Empower our users to “do the right thing” by providing clear policies, processes and tools
• Strengthen resilience: Invest in technologies that enhance our ability to detect, prevent and respond to threats
• Collaborate: Engage with industry peers, share threat intelligence and learn from best practices
• Educate: Continue to educate the university community about security and compliance best practices and the role they play in our collective defense

Theme 5: Extend the university’s impact through outreach and engagement

• Leverage existing resources to benefit communities
• Enable collaboration by providing open venues/opportunities
• Provide technology resources for Extension

Theme 6: Leverage state, regional and vendor collaborations to expand capabilities

• Partner with vendors to optimize services
• Leverage training and development tools
• Participate in consortia and other regional groups
• Collaborate with other institutions

Theme 7: Maintain a robust IT workforce to meet university needs

• Provide a positive work environment for IT staff that expresses appreciation and promotes growth and retention
• Manage staffing levels and capabilities/training to meet strategic goals
• Ensure we keep in sync with MizzouForward, etc. in terms of staffing levels and training
• Provide training and development opportunities to match the rapidly changing technology landscape
• Continuously adapt roles and capabilities to support changing university needs