Through the webinar series, “Back to Basics”, the Division of State Systems within the Children’s Bureau, is offering a venue for information sharing and discussion. The first webinar of the series, “Fundamentals for a Child Welfare IT Manager”, reviews the key competencies of this role, highlighting the importance of different skill sets at different project life cycle stages. Two experienced child welfare IS managers share their perspectives on this subject. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

Through the webinar series, "Back to Basics", the Division of State Systems within the Children's Bureau, is offering a venue for information sharing and discussion. The second webinar of the series, “The Child Welfare Information Technology System Project Lifecycle, Part 1”, reviews the initial project stages including planning, procurement, relationship management and effective management of priorities, with two experienced child welfare Information System managers sharing their perspectives. Webinar 3 will cover the latter half of the project life cycle. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This webinar, sponsored by the Children’s Bureau’s Division of State Systems, addresses transition planning for the migration of powers, duties, tasks, and activities from the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System implementation vendor to state ownership and management as an active project ends. Anne Hunt (Washington) and Linda Holland and Deepak Gupta (New Jersey) offer advice for promoting a smooth and transparent transition, and describe their own states’ success with knowledge transfer. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

A discussion about strategies to strengthen system adoption and implementation. This webinar, co-hosted with the Capacity Building Center for States, highlights a new tool, Mapping Change and Implementation to Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Projects, and how it may be used in different project phases. Additional information and the tool can be found at: Mapping Change and Implementation to CCWIS Projects - Center for States - Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative (PDF), and the PDF is also available in the files below. Audio Description Version Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This webinar, sponsored by the Children’s Bureau’s Division of State Systems, features Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System leadership staff from four states in a panel discussion about managing project scope. Tom Kine (Minnesota), Laurie Johnson (Michigan), Colleen Mousinho (Georgia), and Susan Stockwell (Pennsylvania) define the differences between scope change and scope creep and identify strategies for planning, monitoring, and managing project scope, while discouraging or remedying scope creep. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

Through the webinar series, "Back to Basics," the Division of State Systems within the Children's Bureau is offering a venue for information sharing and discussion. The fifth webinar of the series, “The Impact of Development Methodologies, Software Frameworks and Platform Choices on Release Management,” reviews the ways in which these different elements impact software release. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This webinar, sponsored by the Children's Bureau's Division of State Systems, was the first webinar in the FY2014 Back to Basics: Procurement and Project Management series. This webinar examined how to write a good business requirement statement and then how to test the soundness of that statement against a definitive list of characteristics. Examples of poorly constructed business requirements were reviewed and the webinar explored what happens once the business requirements document has been completed. The webinar included time for Q&A and audience discussion. This webinar was moderated by Joyce Rose, consultant to ICF International. The presenter was Mary E. Kernander, Information Technology Manager, State of New Hampshire, Department of Information Technology. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This webinar, sponsored by the Children's Bureau's Division of State Systems, was the first webinar in the FY2014 Back to Basics: Procurement and Project Management series. This webinar examined how to write a good business requirement statement and then how to test the soundness of that statement against a definitive list of characteristics. Examples of poorly constructed business requirements were reviewed and the webinar explored what happens once the business requirements document has been completed. The webinar included time for Q&A and audience discussion. This webinar was moderated by Joyce Rose, consultant to ICF International. The presenter was Mary E. Kernander, Information Technology Manager, State of New Hampshire, Department of Information Technology. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This webinar provides information on the federal government’s role in the process of building a successful child welfare information system and includes resources and guidance available to support states, territories, and tribes. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.