Leveraging Technology has become an element of nearly every successful business'
Strategic Plan, but few have a written Information Technology (IT) Plan. Fewer yet
have an IT Plan that is really a subset of the organization's Capital Improvement Plan
that not only documents the requirement and justification, but provides for appropriate
funding levels.
This paper addresses the following topics:
commitment of management to IT planning;
determining requirements within the utility;
prioritizing the requirements;
to integrate systems, to plan for integration, or not; and,
alignment of requirements and ability to execute.
The key to successful IT planning is having a systematic approach that is repeatable
and sustainable. This paper covers some of the most successful techniques in IT
planning in use today, and pesents ideas on how to start, or improve,
an IT planning effort.
Increasingly, utilities across the country are attempting to adopt IT planning processes
and methodology to improve the effectiveness and return on their investments in
technology. One utility currently undertaking this change is the Henrico County
Department of Public Utilities (Henrico County). Henrico County's effort and approach
to undertaking an IT Planning process and its execution are presented in
this paper. Includes figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Number of Pages : | 11 |
| Published : | 06/17/2004 |
