In many areas of teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and administration, there are opportunities to support tasks and processes through information and communication technology, thereby improving the quality of service provided to students and staff. From the RPTU’s perspective, the opportunities arising from a comprehensive view of individual IT measures—as well as the risks of failing to take such a holistic approach—call for an overarching initiative.

The “Digitalization Projects” (formerly “E-Services”) overarching initiative has the strategic goal of further advancing the digitalization at RPTU. It brings together a large number of primarily IT-related individual projects at RPTU. As an overarching initiative, it provides the conceptual, organizational, and methodological framework for the individual projects.

The operational goal of the overarching initiative is to integrate the individual IT projects in terms of content and timing in such a way that their interactions and interdependencies are appropriately taken into account. All project participants are working consistently and collaboratively toward achieving this core objective. In addition, the overall initiative serves to evaluate and prioritize the individual projects so that personnel and financial resources are allocated in a targeted manner.

The objectives of the individual projects are described in the respective project documents—the project proposal or the project agreement. They are subordinate to the core objective—the further development of the RPTU’s Digitalization—and contribute to the achievement of this objective.

The overall project is managed strategically and operationally by various bodies: the Steering Committee for Digitization Projects (LA DP) and the Overall Project Coordination (GPK), supported by the Overall Project Management (GPSt). The regulations underlying the overall project and the individual projects are set forth in the project handbook.

The individual projects are organized into the project areas “Digital Infrastructure,” “Academic Administration,” “Technical Administration,” “(De)Centralized Areas,” “Studies & Teaching,” and “Research & Transfer,” thereby covering the entire university spectrum. The project areas are aligned with the digitization areas defined in the University Development Plan.

New ideas for Digitalization at RPTU can be submitted informally to the overall project management team at any time. The team provides support in drafting the project proposal, which is then reviewed and approved by the overall project coordination team.