IT Project Request vs. Service Ticket

Project Request

Information Technology (IT) projects are temporary, organized efforts to deliver a new product or service with a clearly defined start and end date. Any work that requires substantial IT resources to complete a project, must work with the IT Project Management Office (PMO).

Examples of IT projects usually require: 

  • The installation or maintenance of equipment or software
    • On premise or cloud based software or applications
    • New or replacement applications
    • Migration of data from the old system to the new system
  • Use of person data or records (student, employee, donor, etc.) to be accessed, stored, or used by the product (system or application)
    • Source data typically required is usually from a system of record (OASIS or CMS-Employee Resources) 
    • Typically requires an data integration between the two systems
  • Digitization of a process
    • Convert a paper form to an electronic form
    • Create a workflow to move this form through a review and approval process
  • Use of Network Services to connect

For more information about the project intake process, see the IT Project Request service page.

Service Ticket

Submit a Service Ticket if you are reporting an incident (issue or fix needed) or need a small change made to an application or system. A small change can typically be completed within 1-2 weeks. 

If you are uncertain whether you should submit a project request or a service ticket, contact us at it_pmo@csumb.edu and we will schedule a meeting with you to advise you.