
Data Management Program
Timeline
Program Timeline
Establishing the Data Management Program and implementing technical solutions and training will take multiple years. This is why we’ve divided it into phases.
In Phase 1, we’re engaging stakeholders and building the framework for the Data Management Program. We’re also laying the groundwork for Phase 2, which begins in spring 2023.
Phase 1
April 2023
- Planning phase 2 activities
- Continuing collaborating on data management across units
March 2023
- Began planning for phase 2
- Consulting partner Huron continued to advise and transfer knowledge
- Data and Analytics Governance Council met
February 2023
- Data and Analytics Governance Council met
- Began laying the groundwork for the analytics community
January 2023
- Convened the Data and Analytics Governance Council
- Shared results and analysis of Technology and Applications Inventory project
December 2022
- Invited council members to first meeting
- Analyzed results of Technology and Applications Inventories
November 2022
- Met with university leaders and Data Trustees to build awareness and support
- Completed collecting Technology and Applications Inventories
Planning
Summer 2022
- Built internal capacity in project management and change management
- Brought Institutional Research under the Office of Strategy, Planning, and Analysis
Fall 2021
- Hired consulting partner Huron to guide Data Management Program development
- Conducted initial survey of technology and applications used across the system (a precursor to the Technology and Applications Inventory project)
- Assessed WSU’s data and reporting landscape with the OneWSU: Initiative for Data-Informed Decision-Making survey
November 2021
- Formed the Office of Strategy, Planning, and Analysis