A few of my last posts have been about how things have changed and all of the differences. But in the midst of all these changes and progress, it amazes me how so many things haven't changed at all. Back in the late 90s I was hired at to do Software Support because I had an understanding of fiannce and accounting with a knack for technology. The real need wasn't a technical one, it was a business process and financial management one.
Today it seems the same. We have better technology than yesterday, but I talk to so many nonprofits who understand technology is important but don't seem to know how to change their org to use it. This was a big part of why YMCAs came together to help with the IT Alignment model. We needed a way to express the types of changes needed as you mature how you use technology. You can read more about IT alignment on a special section of my blog.
But understanding how to mature your use of technology was just a first step in this for me. But the next step was in this was how to think this trhough in terms of your technology plan. So the next evolution was to focus on how it relates to your technology plan. Focusing on how to pull it all in to a strategic plan just didn't seem to work. If your tech is just starting out in Chaotic or Reactive a strategic plan is just too much. And at some point a strategic plan just doesn't seem to be enough. This lead to a session called Tech Smackdown: Tactical, Strategic vs Mission Planning.
But rather than tell you about it, here is a recording of a session I did on Tech Smackdown: Tactical, Strategic vs Mission Planning. This was recorded at the 2015 Legal Services Tech Conference.
