Technology Business Management

Cost Pools

The basic financial groupings of cost data. The smaller list simplifies reporting and provides a finance view of IT spend and represents the logical accounting buckets for IT charges.  Cost Pools are mapped on the Chart of Accounts. For the State of Washington, Cost Pool mapping is generally done by mapping Objects, Sub-Objects, and/or Sub-Sub-Objects to a Cost Pool.

Cost Center

The cost center used in the TBM program is agency defined. Agencies can select up to three fields coded in the statewide Agency Financial Reporting System (AFRS) for their TBM Cost Center.

Continuity of Operations

Continuity of Operations involves the activities associated with the identification of critical systems and processes, and the planning and preparation required to ensure that these systems and processes will be available in the event of a catastrophic event and involves the internal actions necessary to develop a plan for resuming operations after a catastrophic event occurs. This can include Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations and Service Recovery work.

Collaboration Tools

The Tools or systems that allow multiple parties to interact and share documents or data through a shared work space or environment. Multiple parties contribute or update the shared environment and view, update, edit, & share files. This includes systems such as SharePoint, MAX, Web Conferencing, Cisco TelePresence, etc.)

Categorization

Within the TBM Program, agencies are responsible for categorizing and documenting their costs to the program taxonomies. The TBM Program provides templates that agencies use to capture and submit categorization to the program.