The 250 employees at the University of Alabama at Birmingham can’t tackle all the work on the IT docket, so CIO Curtis A. Carver Jr. says he turns to vendors for fill the gap.
Those outside workers are important enough, he says, that he occasionally schedules large catered-lunch meetings so he can share with strategic vendor partners his plans for upcoming work. Carver says this helps both sides — his IT team and the vendors — determine which projects will be staffed entirely with in-house talent, which will need a mix and which will require near-entire outside expertise.
It’s all part of Carver’s strategic approach to staffing, a tactic that helps him to thoughtfully plan — rather than react — to personnel requirements.
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