IT Stategic Planning

designDATA consultants are uniquely postitioned to perform an IT strategic plan for non-profits.  First, our consultants are former non-profit executives with deep roots in all facets of association and non-profit management and strategy.  Second, designDATA consultants have unparalleled expertise in the technologies that drive the non-profit world.  But more importantly, we approach each product with a proven methodology that allows us to understand your organization at the very deepest level, in order to provide you with a completely personalized strategic plan.

The pre-requisite for our IT Strategic Plan is the Requirements Analysis. Once we gain an understanding of your current IT infrastructure, business processes and software applications, we can begin to define future requirements, both long and short term. As part of the strategic planning process, we examine your overall organizational strategies, and align your IT plan directly to your organizational plan. Our goal is to create an IT environment that provides a perfect underpinning to your organization, so that the tools your constituents use not only enhance their experience with your organization, but also work well enough so as to be virtually invisible. The completed IT Strategic Plan is a high-level document that provides upper management with a description and assessment of current systems, including a statement of usability and recommendations, an overview of priorities, and an outline for technology planning. Our recommendations include ROI analysis and will touch on the re-engineering of current capabilities, IT staffing levels, training requirements, recommendations for business process re-engineering, a high-level technology implementation plan and budget estimates.