Research management spans a wide variety of WU service units and will be facilitated through new IT-supported solutions. This approach addresses research project management, financial management for third-party funding, publication management, and reporting.

After an analysis of FIDES and the processes currently available, a concept for future research management at WU will be developed and implemented with the cooperation of all the service units involved and selected researchers.

In the coming years, as many processes as possible will be designed to be paperless and partially automated. To this end, workflows will be adjusted and implemented electronically. Increasing automation will make administrative management more efficient and save resources.

Maintaining the high standards at WU and keeping the services available as up-to-date as possible is essential given the rapid pace of IT development.

An established project management standard will be rolled out for all large IT projects to strengthen IT management. WU will establish a sustainable, organization-wide information security management system.

To meet the needs of researchers, cloud services will be introduced for data exchange and cooperation in working groups that researchers can define.