KY COT
Strategic Planning
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Enterprise strategic planning in state government allows a broad perspective. Strategy involves looking up from an agency's day-to-day business to look at the future. Enterprise strategy involves discussion of overlaps and gaps among agency business strategies and aligning them with statewide imperatives. It recognizes special needs and potential pitfalls, and helps to channel resources. Formulation of an enterprise IT strategy builds bridges in state government, it looks for ways to get increased value from existing and planned IT investments.
By looking both near-term and further into the future, business plans can be accessed for how the application of technology can enhance them. IT planning provides a structure to promote and evaluate research and investigate best practices. In addition, marrying the Capital Planning process with strategic planning gives Commonwealth leaders the ability to review agency plans, seek opportunities for coordination and prioritize investments in technology. This process fulfills a capital planning business requirement while exposing agencies to the planned expenditures in large projects across state government.
The 2003-2007 Direction of Enterprise Information Technology describes the IT vision of the Commonwealth to "Enable Excellence in Government Services". It outlines a strategy that stresses development of a Commonwealth enterprise-wide application of IT and a focus on the customer - the citizens of Kentucky. This vision emphasizes using IT as an enabler in business processes, recognizing that information is a strategic resource and electronic access to information and services must be provided while maintaining privacy and security.
Resources: The current Direction of Enterprise Information Technology is available for download:
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Prior Plan Archive: (.pdf format)
The biennial Information Technology Capital Planning process requires the Commonwealth Commissioner of Technology compile a report to the Capital Planning Advisory Board presenting an assessment of IT capital items submitted by state agencies for funding in the first biennia of the capital planning cycle. The report includes a detailed status of all items reviewed and approved. It also includes a prioritized list of capital items that the Commissioiner of Technology has designated as having exceptional merit based on review of all high value items submitted.
Resources:
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As approved by CPAB on October 24, 2003, and transmitted to the Governor, Chief Justice and Legislative Research Commission.
(.pdf format)
As approved by CPAB on October 24, 2003, and transmitted to the Governor, Chief Justice and Legislative Research Commission.