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    Will it take a heroic effort? These IT Planning and Management Guides contain the help you need to meet your HS IT challenges.


    It takes the collective experience of many people, working as a team, to deliver effective solutions on time and within budget but Human Services programs are constantly evolving. Existing systems, many built decades ago, are often unable to successfully deal with both the pace of change and the innovation required. New technologies hold promise but must be applied in a practical manner. When we consider that systems deployed today stand a good chance of existing in the Year 2010 and beyond, it makes good sense to plan accordingly.

    The purpose of the IT Planning and Management Guides is to:

    • Organize the essential IT management and engineering practices that must be performed to ensure long-term IT survival

    • Assemble and pass on the collective experiences of State IT professionals

    • Help you manage the risks inherent in developing long-lasting, mission-critical systems

    Visit the foundations section to find out more about how the IT Planning and Management Guides are organized.

    Vision

    The vision of the IT Planning and Management guides entails:

    • Evolving information technology to meet the changing world of Human Services
    • Enabling States to rapidly and efficiently satisfy emerging Human Service needs, by building upon flexible, readily adaptable applications that reduce the risk of significant effort to evolve

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    Adobe PDF versions of each published IT Planning and Management Guide, the Guides Foundations, and the Consolidated Resources are available for download.

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