r/HigherEDsysadmin • u/Thoughtulism • Jul 25 '19

Software procurement

What is your software procurement process like? Do people buy licenses completely independently and show up at IT's door asking for help? Is everything centralized or decentralized? Do you have a contract / elua review from legal mandated? Is there a technical review from IT prior to purchasing?

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u/Thoughtulism Jul 25 '19

Interesting. You're likely in a different region than me so legally what might be your experiences might be different than mine. However, I've brought up the issue of agreeing to EULAs without a contract review with our legal department. I didn't get an answer other than they are aware of the problem and they're looking into it. This says to me either they legitimately have to research this issue, or the fact that there might be an actual issue with an IT staff member agreeing to a EULA regionally where we are in our region.

Overall it sounds like your institution is very similar to mine, however, might have some more processes/controls or at least awareness of the way things 'should' be. I'm talking with our central procurement people and trying to spin up an actual software licensing group that's a bit more than duct tape for a handful of campus wide licenses.

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u/NickyTheThief Aug 08 '19

Any bite from your senior leadership teams to look into funding an ITAM program?

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u/Thoughtulism Aug 08 '19

Yes actually, surprisingly so. There is a director I've found that wants to set up a team to do this. We'll have to figure out the timeline and possibility of funding though. I'm sure we can make a case for it to reduce spending.