IT Service Classification Framework

The Four Service Categories at a Glance

Illustration of four service categories.

Foundational UIS Services

IT services made available to all campuses and provided by University Information Services (UIS).​

Characteristics:
  • Approved through multi-campus governance​
  • Listed in the UIS Service Catalog​
Examples:
  • CU-SIS (Student Integrated Systems)​
  • eRA (Electronic Research Administration)​
  • PeopleSoft Finance (FIN) & Human Capital Management (HCM)​

Foundational Campus Services

Widely needed services available to most Ҵýƽ community members; vital to operations and a base on which other services build.​

Characteristics:

Meets two or more of the following:​

  • Vital to the operation of one or more university functions that impact or support multiple areas of the campus (is a business continuity imperative)
  • Used by or impacts many (thousands of) students and/or faculty and staff​
  • Provides a common key function utilized by other IT Services​
  • Imperative to health and safety​

AND having multiple instances or variations of the service would result in any of the following: ​

  • Disruptive to desired functionality of existing systems ​
  • Creates undue complexity of the campus IT environment ​
  • Creates a business continuity or integrity risk ​
  • Creates significant support and/or operational inefficiency ​
  • Creates a bad, confusing, end-user experience ​
  • Creates a significant additional security risk ​
  • Creates challenges with supportability and increases technical debt ​
  • Creates significant additional costs through duplicate spending on software or services, or loss of economies of scale in licensing or support ​
Examples:
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Common Services​

Services used by one or more colleges, schools, or departments; may or may not be ”university-wide”.​

Characteristics:
  • Shared by multiple units, but not all campus units​
  • Central and distributed IT coordinate on design, operation, or improvement​
  • Impacts operations but does not pose risk to the wider university if service outage occurs​
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Unique Services​

Services tailored to a single college, department, unit or lab; may be experimental, temporary, or customized for a specific population​

Characteristics:
  • Limited, clearly defined user base​
  • Specialized functionality not met by Foundational or Common services​
  • Local impact only — no campuswide continuity risk​
Examples:
  • Research/lab tools​
  • Exam4 (Law)​
  • Linux Administration​

Decision Tree