Assess
Diagnose and inventory what exists.
- Ask how you wished things worked
- Evaluate your current systems’ functionality
- Determine what doesn’t work
- Understand and document your data backup system
- Document the inventory of your hardware and software
- Document the your user accounts, privileges, permissions, access
- Document your network configuration
- Help you understand the total cost of ownership
- Annually inventory your agency’s computing equipment
- Meet with nonprofit development office to review grants for technology upgrades
- Meet with small agency’s CEO to discuss next year’s IT budget
- Perform an annual review of system function and discussion about next steps
