The University of Nottingham has award-winning campuses in the United Kingdom, China and Malaysia and hosts a truly global academic community comprising of 44,000 students and 9,000 staff. It is regularly ranked among the top universities world-wide. The development from a UK-based university to a truly global setup has multiplied complexity in IT.
Administrative processes and supporting applications were not consistent and therefore the integration of new applications challenging. The lack of central information platforms complicated the process of initiating projects as implications in the IT landscape were unclear. Technology debt and inconsistent processes led to a situation, where it has been increasingly difficult to change services to provide a world class student experience or support globally leading research. Nottingham University needed to find a way to upgrade their IT landscape to ensure student mobility between international campuses, reduce cost by simplification and improve strategic decision making.
The solution involved global programs to redefine student experience and provide excellent Research Information Services and the implementation and integration of Oracle’s Peoplesoft solution, ‘Campus’, into the existing landscape. Capturing change in technology, information application and capability in LeanIX allows the University of Nottingham to assess the landscape and identify the next changes to drive the university forward.
Mark Griffin, Senior Enterprise Architect at the University of Nottingham said, “The time saved and transparency created based on high data quality will allow us to modernize IT and keep it synergetic to the business.” Find out in detail how they achieved this by introducing their "LeanIX-first policy" in our Success Story.
