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One Front Door, Many Solutions: Streamlining Software Approvals in Higher Ed - Webinar

Where: Webinar/Virtual

When: Thursday, October 23, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET

Note: Login instructions will be sent directly from Zoom prior to the event. If you have not received login instructions by 4:00 p.m. the day before the webinar, please check your spam folder. If you still have not received the login details, please email nercomp@nercomp.org.

Workshop Organizers: Cindy Griffiths and Debbie Schill of Carnegie Mellon University

NERCOMP Member: Free
Non-Member: $45.00

Event Overview
Carnegie Mellon University’s Front Door Approach reimagines how institutions handle software approvals and procurement. By creating a single, collaborative entry point, CMU has reduced complexity, ensured compliance, and improved the client experience. This session explores the model’s design, the cross-departmental partnerships that make it work, and the measurable outcomes it has achieved. Participants will gain practical insights into how a centralized, transparent approach can transform procurement challenges into opportunities for efficiency and innovation.

Session Outcomes:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the key challenges and risks in traditional software approval and procurement processes in higher education.
- Analyze CMU’s Front Door model, focusing on stakeholder engagement, collaborative structures, and supporting tools.
- Apply lessons from CMU’s case studies and metrics to evaluate how similar strategies could be tailored to their own institutions

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