What would you see as the impact of operating without an IT Strategic Plan? If there is not much impact, then why bother with the whole effort? Let’s look at what your processes and progress might look like without a Strategic Plan in place.
Without a Strategic Plan…
- Your budgets are difficult to get approved
- You cannot get people to agree on what ED Tech is valuable
- There are teams of people who ignore your advice
- No one knows where you are headed
- You miss opportunities because money is spent on the wrong technology
- You follow some one else’s agenda
- Things are getting worse rather than getting better
- Random silos of technology are competing for attention
With a Strategic Plan…
If you take the time to develop a written Strategic Plan then you will have begun the unification process of getting everyone on the same page. Here is what is more likely to happen if you have a plan in place.
- You increase your credibility with Administration
- You gain closer alignment between Tech and Educational objectives
- You improved teamwork between IT and Teachers
- Your efforts are easily visible to others because they appear as school-wide successes
- The environment is supported and infused with budget line items
- You avoid random, unplanned growth
- You prep for tomorrow with today’s initiatives
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