Organizations must invest in the proper bundle of hardware and wires to support their vision and mission. Innovative content and curriculum are core ingredients for any program intervention. In short, the fastest computer in the world is no good without a program pedagogy that serves an express purpose. Professional development and upkeep considerations impact the experts who maintain the IT systems and in effect keep programs operating. Provisions must be made to keep both the systems and the people running the systems current.
Evaluation ties all program elements together.
While this element is the easiest to overlook, it is one of the most important because it informs policy, practice and the flow of resources. Staff, office space and other program requirements will drive these minimum costs up. The five elements noted here should be built into the cost of any program that seeks to leverage the benefits of information technologies. In July of this year, the Department of Commerce released its third annual report on the proliferation of information tools, such as personal computers and the Internet. The implications of an uneven distribution of information technology resources are many.