Checklist for a Healthy IT System

This presentation will detail and explain a checklist of concrete tasks nonprofits can undertake to improve their systems, as well as suggest how to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Abstract: Computer systems used by nonprofits rarely get the planning, auditing, and steady improvement that they need.  Taking simple, inexpensive steps often leads to major improvements, but few nonprofits know where to start.  This presentation will detail and explain a checklist of concrete tasks nonprofits can undertake to improve their systems, as well as suggest how to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Purpose of presentation: Nonprofit organizations often suffer with low-quality, high-maintenance systems that sap both productivity and resources.  The purpose of this presentation is to name and explain in general terms the concrete steps that nonprofits should take to improve their systems without greatly increasing costs, which will lead to better planning and decision-making.  The presentation will also encourage nonprofits to improve their systems functionally, rather than simply maintain them.

Goals and Objectives:

Attendees will:

1. Understand how to create a checklist
2. Understand how to use the checklist
3. Identify at least two things to start doing when they get back to work
4. Identify one thing to stop doing when they get back to work
5. Implement the multi-domain approach to system improvement