My two cents First - Does the Museum have a strategic plan. IT strategy should be based on Museum strategy. Second- I feel seven years is way too long. I used to be able to do a five year plan (back in the ice age of IT). Now I think three years is the longest I would attempt. In fact, at our Museum we just did a Museum Strategic Plan and limited it to three years. Change, both technology and society, are changing too fast to do meaningful planning for seven years. John John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.org/ ) >>> "Champagne, Joanna" <J-Champagne at NGA.GOV> 4/29/2009 5:10 PM >>> Hello, How are you? Can anyone share what kind of questions they asked of themselves and IT vendors/consultants when developing your own IT strategy for your Institution- one for the long haul or say seven years? Best, Joanna ................. Joanna Champagne Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives National Gallery of Art NGA.GOV _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
