Technology Planning for a Growing Small Business

Growth changes technology requirements. A system that works for five people may become difficult to manage at twenty.

Look ahead without overbuilding

Planning does not mean buying for a future that may never happen. It means understanding which changes are likely and making today's decisions easier to extend.

Consider people, locations and applications

More employees can affect network capacity, communications, licensing, security and support requirements. A second location introduces another set of connectivity and management questions.

Document the current environment

Growth is easier to manage when the business knows what it already has.

Plan for ownership

Someone should understand who manages the technology, who supports it and what happens when the primary contact is unavailable.

Good planning reduces emergency decisions

The purpose of technology planning is not to predict everything. It is to give the business better choices when change arrives.