技术规划的目标是回答这样一个问题:“控制和信息技术如何帮助这家公司实现其业务/战略目标？”从仔细检查公用事业公司的业务目标和战略开始，下一步包括彻底审查业务流程和公用事业公司目前使用的技术水平。然后，该技术计划根据客户的优先级、需求和财政约束提出现成的经验证的解决方案、预算成本估算和项目进度。通过对伊利诺伊州迪凯特卫生区的仔细研究，说明了利用该技术计划的好处，该技术计划检查了该地区的所有现有系统。然后，该计划检查了哪些系统可以集成，以便各部门之间共享信息，帮助管理层做出更好的工厂运营决策。一旦实施，技术规划将帮助捷运局了解行业可用的控制和信息技术类型，以及实施此类技术的成本。 该学区收到了关于信息技术如何帮助他们实现商业目标的建议。该计划提出了几个不同的项目，将在5年内实施。此外，该计划还制定了项目预算，以便该地区能够对这些变化进行规划。该地区继续实施计划中建议的项目。目前实施的项目包括:全厂局域网、硬件和软件标准化、TPPC系统升级、计算机化维护管理软件、实验室信息软件、电子运维手册和网络浏览器技术。包括数字。

The goal of Technology Planning is to answer the question, "How can controls and information technology help this utility achieve it's business/strategic goals?" Starting with a careful examination of the utility's business goals and strategies, the next step involves a thorough review of the business processes and the current level of technology being utilized by the utility. The technology plan then presents off-the-shelf proven solutions, budgetary cost estimates, and project schedules based upon the client's priorities, needs, and fiscal restraints. A close study of the Sanitary District of Decatur, Illinois, illustrates the benefit of utilizing the technology plan, which examined all of the District's existing systems. The plan then examined which of those systems could be integrated so that information could be shared between departments, helping management to make better plant operating decisions. Once implemented, Technology Planning helped the District to understand the type of controls and information technology available to the industry, and the costs to implement such technologies. The District was given suggestions for how information technology could help them achieve their business goals. The plan set forth several different projects to be implemented over a 5 year period. Further, the plan established project budgets so that the District could plan for the changes. The District continues to implement projects, which were recommended in the plan. Projects currently implemented include: plant wide LAN, hardware and software standardization, TPPC system upgrade, computerized maintenance management software, laboratory information software, electronic O&M manuals, and web browser technologies. Includes figures.