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Expert feedback on your existing business case from evaluators with a mastery of OMB guidance and IT justifications.
Training in OMB Business Case Guidance!
Hands-on instruction in applying a framework for developing and refining an IT business case and budget justification.
April 8-9, 2004 - The Performance Institute - Arlington, VA
Conference Agenda
Day One: April 8, 2004
8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00
Update on OMB Directives and Development
• President’s Management Agenda
• Citizen-centered e-Government
• Emerging guidance
• Issues and concerns (participant feedback to OMB)
Lauren Uher, Office of Management and Budget

10:15
Break

The remainder of Building Better Government IT Business Cases will be delivered by:
John Keane, Senior Fellow, The Performance Institute; Chief Information Officer, Mele Associates, Inc.

10:30
Performance Measures
• Discover the importance and value of performance measures relative to IT initiatives
• Utilize performance measures to assess government IT
• Develop performance measures to align IT goals with your agency’s strategic mission using the Performance Reference Model

11:30
“Top Ten” Ways to Significantly Improve the Quality of Your Exhibit 300 Submission (Part 1)
• Identify and use ALL relevant guidance and instructions
• Develop quality responses to the “tough” questions
• Respond to subject areas that cross multiple sections, e.g. security
• Use available and reusable documentation to complete the exhibit
• Discover “gaps” between the evaluation criteria and the exhibit and how to develop a quality response to close the “gaps”

12:30
Networking Luncheon

1:15
“Top Ten” Ways to Significantly Improve the Quality of Your Exhibit 300 Submission (Part 2)
• Learn how to apply project management techniques to complete the exhibit
• Integrate the Exhibit 300 process into your agency’s life cycle management processes
• Identify key sections where “corporate standards” can be best applied
• Establish roles for the IPT in the Exhibit 300 process
• Student-selected focus area--????

2:30
Break

2:45
Content Session 1: Alternatives Analysis and Financial Calculations
• Financial calculations
• New initiatives
• Steady state investments

4:15
Formal Adjournment

4:15 to 5:00
Informal question and answer session

Day Two: April 9, 2004
8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00
Content Session 2: Investment Description and Justification

10:00
Content Session 3: President’s Management Agenda

10:45
Break

11:00
Content Session 4: Project Management
• Demonstrating the initial capability
• Measuring progress
• Showing value after implementation

12:30
Networking Lunch

1:15
Content Session 4: Risk Inventory
• Creating the initial inventory
• Linking performance measures and risk

2:15
Content Session 5: Acquisition Strategy

3:00
Break

3:15:
Content Session 6: Part II
• Enterprise architecture
• Records management
• Security
• Privacy
• GPEA

4:00
Formal Adjournment

4:00 to 5:00
Informal Question and Answer Session


Or by calling us at
703-894-0481
Venue

Building Better Government IT Business Cases will be held at the Performance Institute in Arlington, VA.

The Performance Institute
1515 N Courthouse Rd, Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 703-894-0481
Hotel

The Performance Institute is located just two blocks from the Quality Courthouse Hotel ($129) and the Virginian Suites ($95-$115), where a limited number of rooms have been reserved at discounted rates. Please call the hotel to make reservations and be sure to ask for the Performance Institute conference rate.

Virginian Suites
1500 Arlington Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 703-522-9600

Quality Courthouse
1200 N Courthouse Rd
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 703-524-2000
Tuition

The fee for attending Building Better Government IT Business Cases:

Conference $1,095
Group Discounts
Reduced tuition rates for delegates who attend in groups of three or more are available by calling Geoff Eisenberg at 703-894-0481, or emailing him at [email protected].