6 / 12 100% Assignment 1: Needs Assessment (15%) in the textbook Technology and Emergency Management, Pine describes the how to complete a formal technology needs assessment. This process is meant to determine the technology needs of an agency or community. In Chapter 1, Pine lists seven steps that one would follow in completing a needs assessment. However this list provides only the skeleton of what the process may look like. For this assignment, you will expand on Pine's seven steps and develop a process, questions or both for each step. Processes should provide dear instructions to the user on how to complete that step. Questions should prompt the user to look for and identify specific pleces of information. For example, Step One may be expanded as follows: "Step 1: Inventory your use of technology today. Process in performing this step, you will need to complete two tosks. These are: 1) Create a list of the different technologies used by agency/community X to complete activities related to emergency and security management. This list should be thorough and include computer programs, software, hardware, and other equipment related specifically to emergency and security management. Ubiquitous programs, such as MS Outlook can be exempted from this list 2) Create a list of the different users of this technology. This ist should include those people who use the technology as well as those that service/maintain the technology Questions Once a list of users has been created, each should be asked the following questions Describe your role in our emergency and security management program List the software hardware and equipment you use in your role Describe any technology changes you feel would make it easier to perform your role or that would make your work more effective Process The answers to these questions should then be opgregated into a report for use in Step Two ESMS-3330 Sabus.docx Last updated: May 21, 2011 Assignment 1: Needs Assessment (15%) In the textbook Technology and Emergency Management, Pine describes the how to complete a formal technology needs assessment. This process is meant to determine the technology needs of an agency or community. In Chapter 1, Pine lists seven steps that one would follow in completing a needs assessment. However this list provides only the skeleton of what the process may look like. For this assignment, you will expand on Pine's seven steps and develop a process, questions or both for each step. Processes should provide clear instructions to the user on how to complete that step. Questions should prompt the user to look for and identify specific pieces of information. For example, Step One may be expanded as follows: "Step 1: Inventory your use of technology today. Process In performing this step, you will need to complete two tasks. These are: 1) Create a list of the different technologies used by agency/community X to complete activities related to emergency and security management. This list should be thorough and include computer programs, software, hardware, and other equipment related specifically to emergency and security management. Ubiquitous programs, such as MS Outlook, can be exempted from this list. 2) Create a list of the different users of this technology. This list should include those people who use the technology as well as those that service/maintain the technology Questions Once a list of users has been created, each should be asked the following questions: Describe your role in our emergency and security management program. List the software, hardware and equipment you use in your role. Describe any technology changes you feel would make it easier to perform your role or that would make your work more effective. Process The answers to these questions should then be aggregated into a report for use in Step Two." . ESMS-3330_Syllabus.docx Last updated: May 21, 2021 6 6 / 12 100% Assignment 1: Needs Assessment (15%) in the textbook Technology and Emergency Management, Pine describes the how to complete a formal technology needs assessment. This process is meant to determine the technology needs of an agency or community. In Chapter 1, Pine lists seven steps that one would follow in completing a needs assessment. However this list provides only the skeleton of what the process may look like. For this assignment, you will expand on Pine's seven steps and develop a process, questions or both for each step. Processes should provide dear instructions to the user on how to complete that step. Questions should prompt the user to look for and identify specific pleces of information. For example, Step One may be expanded as follows: "Step 1: Inventory your use of technology today. Process in performing this step, you will need to complete two tosks. These are: 1) Create a list of the different technologies used by agency/community X to complete activities related to emergency and security management. This list should be thorough and include computer programs, software, hardware, and other equipment related specifically to emergency and security management. Ubiquitous programs, such as MS Outlook can be exempted from this list 2) Create a list of the different users of this technology. This ist should include those people who use the technology as well as those that service/maintain the technology Questions Once a list of users has been created, each should be asked the following questions Describe your role in our emergency and security management program List the software hardware and equipment you use in your role Describe any technology changes you feel would make it easier to perform your role or that would make your work more effective Process The answers to these questions should then be opgregated into a report for use in Step Two ESMS-3330 Sabus.docx Last updated: May 21, 2011 Assignment 1: Needs Assessment (15%) In the textbook Technology and Emergency Management, Pine describes the how to complete a formal technology needs assessment. This process is meant to determine the technology needs of an agency or community. In Chapter 1, Pine lists seven steps that one would follow in completing a needs assessment. However this list provides only the skeleton of what the process may look like. For this assignment, you will expand on Pine's seven steps and develop a process, questions or both for each step. Processes should provide clear instructions to the user on how to complete that step. Questions should prompt the user to look for and identify specific pieces of information. For example, Step One may be expanded as follows: "Step 1: Inventory your use of technology today. Process In performing this step, you will need to complete two tasks. These are: 1) Create a list of the different technologies used by agency/community X to complete activities related to emergency and security management. This list should be thorough and include computer programs, software, hardware, and other equipment related specifically to emergency and security management. Ubiquitous programs, such as MS Outlook, can be exempted from this list. 2) Create a list of the different users of this technology. This list should include those people who use the technology as well as those that service/maintain the technology Questions Once a list of users has been created, each should be asked the following questions: Describe your role in our emergency and security management program. List the software, hardware and equipment you use in your role. Describe any technology changes you feel would make it easier to perform your role or that would make your work more effective. Process The answers to these questions should then be aggregated into a report for use in Step Two." . ESMS-3330_Syllabus.docx Last updated: May 21, 2021 6