Chapter 4 – Information Technology

43010.5 Information Management Planning Process

• The Department uses the MBO approach for planning information management. The Department’s mission and philosophy statement were developed based on MBO principles, and resulted from many planning sessions held to enlist ideas from numerous levels, disciplines, and segments within the Department.

• Each Division formulates its own goals and objectives using departmental goals and objectives as the foundation for the effort. The CDC ITS planning process originates with the development of the strategic plan (see also DOMDepartment Operations Manual 43010.3). MBO goals and objectives are developed to structure the Department’s efforts to achieve the purposes specified in the strategic plan. The establishment of such goals and objectives allows the identification of automation opportunities consistent with the plan, and the planning process then provides for the development of various concept statements to enable articulation of methods that may be used to benefit from the identified automation opportunities. All automation concept papers are reviewed by the MISManagement Information Systems Committee and, if approved, become part of the IMAPInformation Management Annual Plan. Implementation of an automation concept that requires increased or new source funding may require the preparation of a Budget Concept Statement, and a BCPBudget Change Proposal may also be necessary. Establishment of certain automation projects as specified in this Chapter shall require prior approval of an FSRFeasibility Study Reports.

• ISDInformation Services Division (see EIS) shall provide the general guidelines for objectives that require automated solutions. The resulting document, the Information Systems Budget Concept Statement (ISInformation Systems-BCSBudget Concept Statement), is submitted to ISDInformation Services Division (see EIS) and the MISSU for review and recommendations.

• ISDInformation Services Division (see EIS) shall coordinate development of the IMAPInformation Management Annual Plan, and shall maintain it to ensure that a vision of connectivity and compatibility is followed. Redundancy of data input is another area of concern, and this plan shall help ensure that a planned automation effort is coordinated within the department. Duplication of automation efforts is a costly and time-consuming waste. The IMAPInformation Management Annual Plan shall serve as a road map for automated efforts.

• The MISManagement Information Systems Committee shall measure proposed projects against CDC’s, mission and established departmental priorities so as to best prioritize and approve proposed EDPElectronic Data Processing (see IT) projects.