Lessons Learned Guiding Principles
Strategic technology planning helps to tie technology to organizational goals. Proper planning demonstrates that leaders understand how technology can serve an organization – not the other way around.
Good technology planning leverages existing planning skills and capacity to integrate technology into your organizational mandate…
Strategic technology planning helps to tie technology to organizational goals. Proper planning demonstrates that leaders understand how technology can serve an organization – not the other way around.
Good technology planning leverages existing planning skills and capacity to integrate technology into your organizational mandate.
Effective IT is more than how your computers work, or what your website looks like. True, these are important uses of technology, but they must fit together into an effective system of managing information, communication, finances, and HR management.
Investment in IT should be a part of your strategic plan, annual plan and annual budget. Don’t get caught trouble-shooting random technology issues without looking at the system as a whole.
Technology should be used as a tool to simplify things. Automating repetitive tasks and making administrative systems more efficient has the potential to lower costs, freeing up resources for ‘high touch’ front line services and mission based work.
Since not all organizations have the necessary IT expertise in-house, consider forming strategic partnerships as part of the planning process. Strategic technology partnerships can help an organization to manage their IT projects more effectively. It can also increase the visibility of the organization, helping to attract sponsorships and donations. Sharing of resources with other organizations can reduce the cost of implementing and maintenance of the IT infrastructure.
