The Process

To request new initiatives, campus community members must submit a New Idea to begin collaboration with UPC. This form indicates readiness to engage with the UPC and allows the Project Management Office (PMO) to gather preliminary information about your initiative. This step may be taken before detailed plans have been made or when a complete plan is ready for review and approval.

a. An analyst from the Project Management Office (PMO) will review the submitted request form and then work closely with the requestor(s) to collect any additional information. This will help in creating deliverables that facilitate further collaboration.

b. After completing the information-gathering process, the analyst will conduct a discovery and analysis phase. This will be guided by a model-centric approach, considering both the complexity of the initiative and its value to the campus community.

c. Once the analysis is complete, the analyst and requestor(s) will prepare a one-page Executive Summary for presentation to the UPC and eventually, The President's Cabinet.

a. The UPC will review the Executive Summary and consider the requested initiative alongside other submissions in the University's pipeline and projects in motion. The UPC will assess your initiative’s impact on the campus by calculating Dominguez Hills' weight, score, and priority health measures.

b. The analyst will prepare a Charter document to accompany the Executive Summary for review by The President’s Cabinet.

Your initiative and UPC's assessment are presented to The President's Cabinet for final review and decision-making.

Utilizing the Charter documentation and Executive Summary, The President's Cabinet offers feedback and a final decision along with the next steps for your initiative.

1. Supported/Needs Funding: Should the initiative require a budget it will be reviewed by the University Budget Committee (UBC) for approval. Once funded, the UPC is notified and the PMO will activate the project.

2. Supported/No Funding Needed: The UPC is notified, and the initiative is returned to the Project Management Office (PMO) for activation.

3. Not Approved: If The President's Cabinet does not approve the requested initiative, it will either be tabled for future consideration or sent back to UPC for further evaluation and revision.

4. Target for future planning: The requested initiative is to return to the UPC for consideration in a future academic year.

Upon approval from The President's Cabinet, the requestor will be designated as the “Project Owner” and the Project Management Office (PMO) will assign a dedicated project coordinator to support the planning and execution of your approved initiative. The initiative is then officially announced as a project to the campus community.