100 Neediest Cases

Submitted by Sarah Grantham It’s that time of year again! This holiday season, WashU IT & the MyDay program will supporting four families through United Way’s 100 Neediest Cases campaign. Read about our families and donate by clicking the link below. Due to COVID-related health and safety concerns, this year will be 100% virtual. But, that […]

Open IT Positions at WashU – Updated November 17, 2020

Submitted by Theresa Thierath Job Opening Job ID Status Job Family Posted Internal Posted External Business Analyst II – Washington University Information Technology – 49582 49582 Open Information Technology Y Y Systems Engineer III – Washington University Information Technology – 49595 49595 Open Information Technology Y Y Technical Support Specialist (Tech Den) – Washington University […]

Recent Enterprise Applications Implementations – November 17, 2020

Submitted by Jennie Franke Enterprise Applications is working on a variety of projects. Below is a list of the projects they have completed in the last couple of weeks. Domain Alignment Key Project Name Date Implemented Project Team Enabling Apps EA-7246 ListServ: Production UI Fix 10/30/2020 Geoff Geiger, Greg Barton, Michele Harashe WUSM EA-3812 WUSM […]

Project Management Practice Development Survey

Submitted by Renée Lowry We Need Your Feedback!  WashU IT is working on an initiative to improve the way projects are managed, communicated, and delivered via the Project Management Practice Development Project. Because your experience and information is important to our overall strategy, all resources in WashU IT received an email/questionnaire Friday, 11/13.  This is […]

Interview with Interim WUSM Deputy CIO Jason Smith

After the departure of WUSM Deputy CIO, Maria Russo, Jason Smith was appointed as interim WUSM Deputy CIO in mid-October. As Jason has stepped into this new role from his previous role as Director WUSM IT Support Services Business & Operations at WashU, he was interviewed about his skills and career, future goals, and hopes […]

Open IT Positions- November 3, 2020

Job Opening Job ID Status Job Family Hiring Manager Application Developer II – Washington University Information Technology – 48659 48659 Open Information Technology Balsamo,Charles Anthony Workday Security Specialist – Washington University Information Technology – 48665 48665 Open Information Technology Dolan,Kenndall Technical Support Specialist (Tech Den) – Washington University IT – 48804 48804 Open Information Technology […]

Recent Enterprise Applications Implementations – November 3, 2020

Submitted by Jennie Franke Enterprise Applications is working on a variety of projects. Below is a list of the projects they have completed in the last couple of weeks. Domain Alignment Key Project Name Date Implemented Project Team Research EA-4544 Correct outstanding issues with CME HighMarks integration 10/8/2020 Carmanisha Edwards, Corey Puckett, Dan Skillington Human […]

Agile Thinking for Enterprise Applications

Submitted by Jennie Franke Balancing delivery of work and taking time for process improvement is a common struggle for IT groups. How do you prioritize innovation when you have a backlog of work and limited resources? For EA, we were able to leverage incorporating some agile methodologies to address these challenges by applying Sprint Planning […]

Renaming TTO Meeting to Deployment Gate

Submitted by Jennie Franke For the past year, EA has been running all changes through a weekly EA TTO (Transition to Operations) meeting. However, as this meeting has matured, the agenda and objective of this meeting has reflected a final Deployment Check rather than focusing just on transition activities. In order to better reflect the […]

Interview with Interim CIO Stephanie Reel

Following the departure of former CIO Chris Kielt in early October, Stephanie L. Reel, has been appointed interim chief information officer for Washington University in St. Louis. According to Chancellor Andrew. D. Martin, Reel will serve in the role while the university conducts a national search for a permanent successor. The search will begin in […]