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Our governance process

Find out more about how we work to support the UCL Strategic Plan and our governance process.

How we work

The grounding for all we do within ISD is based on the UCL strategic plan. UCL’s strategy gives us the direction and focus to support our staff, students and researchers. 

We’re currently working on a new digital strategy that will be launched early in 2024. This will provide the detailed framework for how we will support UCL over the coming years and ensures that new initiatives are delivering toward the outcomes of the digital strategy and are in line with the UCL Strategic Plan.

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Governance

The Change & Digital Portfolio Review Committee (CDPRC) is responsible for the budget allocation across the portfolios and holds the portfolios to account, the committee reviews business cases for funding approval and ensures that new initiatives are delivering toward the outcomes of the strategy and are in line with the digital strategy.

Each portfolio is made up of a leadership team who are responsible for maintaining and delivery of a roadmap or work aligned to the strategic plan's outcomes in that area.

Portfolio Leadership teams
Change PortfolioPortfolio OwnerPortfolio LeadPortfolio Delivery Manager
EducationDr Kathryn WoodsDr Fiona StrawbridgeAndrew Churchill
Research and Innovation OperationsClaire GlenSarah LawsonDaniel O'Keefe
Student LifecycleSarah Cowls/Marie Gallagher (Acting)VacantSue Walker
People, Money & InsightDonna Dalrymple & Andrew RidleySophie HarrisonMichael Marques
Digital InfrastructureDr Tom CrummeyIain FowlerMarc Miller
Campus ExperienceIan DancyLloyd NaylorAaron Crompton
Digital Research and InnovationProf. James HetheringtonDonna SwannRachel Cooper
Faculty OperationsBeth BeasantAlan HarperBhavesh Varsani

 

Further information

The Portfolio leadership team meet on a monthly basis and review the portfolio funnel, which enables them to manage new ideas in a controlled manner.

The funnel works by taking in new ideas and triaging them according to the vision and priorities of the portfolio. Work is then passed to a product team or forms a business case to go to CDPRC for approval and allocation of funding if required.

The product team consists of the Product Owner, the Agile Delivery Manager and the development team who work to design, architect, deliver, test and document the product. The team also includes key stakeholders from across the university whose expertise is sought in making the right product decisions. 

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