CAUDIT's Vision is that leaders in Australian universities, Australian Government Department and industry recognise both CAUDIT and its members as an important source of strategic advice on Information Technology in Higher Education.

CAUDIT's Mission is to enhance its members' ability and influence as key strategic advisers on Information Technology in Higher Education. It will achieve this through a variety of relevant strategies:

• developing and maintaining relationships with key members of the Higher Education sector.
• assisting members to develop professional skills.
• providing mutual support mechanisms to members.
• encouraging development and application of standards, benchmarking, best practice and policies.
• sharing expertise among members and colleagues.
• being a major focus for relationships with the IT industry.
• developing and maintaining strategic relationships with other organisations including government agencies.

CAUDIT and its members have adopted the following Guiding Principles:

• Leadership
  We accept the obligation to provide Information Technology leadership in support of strategic change.
• Partnership
  We work with the university community and others to achieve strategic change.
• People
  We recognise that people are a vital and energetic resource and that innovation and service must be delivered through the activities of individuals and teams.
• Customer Focus
  We support the broader university community in its understanding and use of Information Technology to achieve its strategic goals.
• Quality
  We commit to continuous quality improvement and adoption of best practices.
• Innovation
  We encourage innovation and experimentation in the delivery of resources, services and solutions.
• Technology
  We seek to be knowledgeable in both the current and the developing Information Technologies which support teaching & learning, research and administration.

CAUDIT's Three Year Strategic Goals:

• Facilitate the widespread adoption of best practices in Information Technology through the promotion of standards and use of benchmarking.
• Facilitate the continuous professional development of CAUDIT members.
• Continue to improve the CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute program.
• Continuously review how CAUDIT supports its members and implement necessary changes.
• Foster intra-sector cooperation in the solution of Information Technology challenges.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with the AVCC, CAUL, ACODE, Government Departments, industry and other appropriate organisations, and provide advice to these organisations.

Specific strategies and actions be detailed in each annual Business Plan.

This version dated 10 July 2006.

Updated: 18 February 2010