Dr. Pitman,

This page was built for Napa Valley. It is a short, candid outside read on the College’s operating environment, prepared by CampusWorks + Dynamic Campus from the public record before any conversation with your office.

The Board’s emphasis on operational effectiveness provides a useful lens for technology planning. Understanding the full cost of technology, along with the capacity it provides, can help the College prioritize needs within available resources.

Three things caught our attention.

1. Operational effectiveness provides a clear starting point. The Board’s emphasis on effective operations gives technology planning an institutional purpose.
2. Total cost and capacity belong in the same discussion. Understanding both can help the College prioritize technology needs within available resources.
3. The current agreement allows deliberate planning. Napa Valley has time to establish a baseline and consider future options without treating the next service decision as urgent.

Why Napa Valley. Why now.

1. Operational effectiveness is a Board priority. Technology planning can connect directly to that direction.
2. Personnel and operating expenditures are under review. The full cost of technology belongs in that conversation.
3. The current agreement provides time to plan. An assessment can inform choices while leadership has room to evaluate alternatives.

This is a useful moment to step back because the evaluation is most valuable while important choices are still open — before the next operating model becomes the default.

What you can expect from a Different Perspective evaluation

CampusWorks + Dynamic Campus will provide a complimentary Different Perspective evaluation that will result in a concise, executive-level assessment designed to help you better understand the current IT environment, identify opportunities for improvement, and determine if your current IT managed services model is built for where your institution is headed.

Deliverables include:

• Key observations, findings, and recommendations emerging from the assessment.
• SWOT analysis identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks within the current IT environment.
• Quick wins and areas for growth highlighting opportunities for near-term improvement as well as areas requiring longer-term attention.
• High-level strategies and forward-looking options, including a 12–18-month recommendation roadmap to help guide sequencing and next steps.
• Core systems analysis covering the institution’s ERP, SIS, CRM, and related platforms.
• Initial maturity assessment of operational practices, governance, AI maturity, and cybersecurity posture.
• Prioritized themes for improvement or change identifying the areas that warrant the greatest attention, investment, or further exploration.

Before you carry today’s model forward, get a different perspective.

No proposal. No obligation. No requirement to change providers. No commitment of any kind.

Just an independent perspective on what the current model delivers, what the institution needs next, and whether those two things are still aligned.

Why CampusWorks + Dynamic Campus?

Because managed services should evolve with the institution. CampusWorks + Dynamic Campus bring together deep IT and functional expertise to deliver one of higher education’s most comprehensive managed services models. Our integrated approach is designed for today’s financial, operational, workforce, and technology realities — helping institutions extend capacity, reduce risk, strengthen resilience, and improve the way work gets done across the enterprise.

More importantly, we help institutions look beyond the status quo. With expertise that extends well beyond technology alone, we provide the perspective, flexibility, and support needed to choose an operating model aligned with where the institution is headed next.