Leadership Guide for Strategic Information Management for State Departments of Transportation (2016) / Chapter Skim
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26 Charting a Course Step 1. Establish a Vision for Information Management Purpose of an Information Management Vision A vision for information management is a statement that communicates how the agency wants to be using and managing information in order to meet its strategic objectives.
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Charting a Course 27 United States Forest Service -- Information Management Vision Our Information Management Vision pictures a desired future condition in which the Forest Service: • Recognizes information as a resource critical to our success. • Shares and manages information in ways that support the mission and business of the organization.
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28 Leadership Guide for Strategic Information Management for State Departments of Transportation Developing the Vision The process of setting a vision provides agency leaders with the opportunity to discuss how they would like information to better serve the agency's mission. This process can be just as important as the end product.
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Charting a Course 29 Department (ITD) that provides a concrete illustration of how information would be used in an emergency maintenance situation.
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30 Leadership Guide for Strategic Information Management for State Departments of Transportation • Information management strategic plan, • Data business plans, • GIS strategic plan, • Data policies and guidelines, • Library policies and collection management plans, • Web site/intranet policies and guidelines, • Records management/retention schedules and policies, • Engineering/computer-aided design (CAD) file management policies, • Data and information security and privacy policies, and • Risk management policies.
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Charting a Course 31 c. Where does a lack of data integration make it difficult and time consuming for staff to assemble and analyze available information?
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32 Leadership Guide for Strategic Information Management for State Departments of Transportation Step 3. Create a Coordinated Agency Plan for Information Management Purpose of a Coordinated Plan An information management strategic plan connects the agency's goals and vision for strategic information management to a set of practical, implementable actions that move the agency forward.
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Charting a Course 33 expansion, and content management implementation. Each agency initiative can be mapped to one or more of the goals identified in Step 3.1.
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34 Leadership Guide for Strategic Information Management for State Departments of Transportation Step 3.5: Develop a Roadmap Step 3.5 is to develop a roadmap that shows the sequence of activities that the agency plans to complete within the plan's timeframe. This roadmap should include both the existing initiatives and the new strategies that have been identified.
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