Research IT policy management and
standards for IT policy creation, formulation, technical configuration,
and management. Many organizations list this information and their
procedures publicly on their websites, along with sample screenshots
of the corresponding OS, DB, or application parameters. Some
examples are listed in this week’s resources.
Scenario:
As the CIO of NCUONE Cloud Consulting Services (NCUONE-CCS), a
growing organization where each department has historically created
their own policies and stored them locally in their own department.
Additionally, the departments have not had requirements or standard
formatting for policies and standards management. Now that
operations are expanding and resources are growing, a need for
standardization has become critical.
You are leading a task force charged with the development of a
framework for the creation, storage, approval, modification, and
removal of policies in a repository. Your responsibility, as the CIO and
leader with the most policy experience, is to lead enterprise policy
development and management. Your team includes a representative
from operational departments, a representative of management, and
legal services.
Assignment Instructions:
1. Create an IT policy development, implementation, and
management roadmap that includes the following:
o New process for creating, storing, approving, modifying,
and retiring policies in the new repository
o Diagram or flowchart of the process in the appendix, similar
to Figure 5. Use the sample roadmap provided only as a
guide. Your roadmap must be clear, concise, and precise.
You must create your own roadmap, images, or templates
from the internet will not be accepted.
o Major milestones during the process with time estimates.
o Description of how the policies will be stored and published
for viewing by employees or the public, as appropriate.
o Length: 3-5 pages
2. Develop a short PowerPoint presentation for stakeholders
justifying the need to have a roadmap for policy and standard
development. It must be specifically designed for your project
topic, and cannot use the sample roadmap presented in this
week’s introduction. Remember that your audience is executive
management and VPs; therefore, the tone needs to be clear,
concise, professional and balanced with technical terms. Your
presentation must contain the following:
o Explanation of the steps, resources, deliverables, and
milestones (roadmap).
