Provide an enterprise-wide approach to identify, prioritize, and successfully execute a portfolio of technology projects that are aligned with the County’s strategic vision for technology

The Planning and Project Management Program (Program) drives execution of key enterprise-wide capital technology projects in the areas of remote work technology, cybersecurity, network upgrades, public wi-fi, and website upgrades. Additionally, the Project Management Office (PMO) provide technology project support for large infrastructure and application projects for County.

The Program strives to ensure all projects are completed successfully on-schedule and on-budget, with the goal of sponsors rating the project management services we provide as good or better.

During FY 2021-22, the Program facilitated completion of seven projects resulting in installation of new firewalls which secure the County’s network; migration of the County’s remote workforce from an older virtual private network platform to a new robust technology providing a more reliable and secure connection to County applications and data repositories; replacement of legacy networking routers and switches; and expansion of the wireless networking capabilities allowing workforce members to connect their computing devices to the County’s network. The Program also documented a PMO maturation roadmap, developed a project lifecycle playbook containing requirements for successful planning and execution of ISD managed projects, and developed a request for solicitation to identify and acquire a project and portfolio management tool.