CSE498, Collaborative Design, Fall 2025
Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Pontiac, Michigan, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) provides mortgage products and services to mortgage brokers nationwide. UWM is the top wholesale lender in the past ten consecutive years within the United States, serving millions of customers every year.

As a leader in the mortgage industry, UWM stands out in its commitment to developing and providing innovative technological solutions for brokers and borrowers. To uphold this commitment, UWM sets yearly and monthly goals for each department. IT department goals help management by tracking helpful metrics relating to employee engagement, reduced expenses, and measures of success and risk within the department.

Our IT Goals Dashboard assists department members in tracking goal progress and enables administrators to input custom data points. Our application provides team members with visual representations of goal data in the form of graphics, colors, and charts, making it easier to analyze trends at a glance and measure key data trends over time.

Our software enables users to view both current and historical data to compare performance across months and years. Admins have the flexibility to add or edit yearly goals along with their metrics. Together, these features empower employees to allocate resources more effectively and improve overall productivity.

By replacing static spreadsheets with our interactive system, the dashboard strengthens accountability, increases transparency, and promotes a more data-driven culture across the IT department.

The IT Goals Dashboard is built with a React front end and utilizes Swagger UI for API interactions. The back-end services are developed with ASP.NET Core in C# which are exposed through REST API. Finally, the data management relies on Entity Framework Core and an Azure SQL Server.