Processes
Turning Point Performance Management Self-Assessment Tool - Public Health Foundations (PHF)
—PDF, free
This tool aims to help public health organizations identify where they need to improve their overall performance through evaluating their level of readiness and accountability, the standards, indicators, and data that are collected/used to monitor processes, the reporting of progress and the quality improvement. Complementary resources and tools are available on the Public Health Foundation (PHF) website at www.phf.org.
http://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Documents/PM_Self_Assess_Tool.pdfEDUCAUSE CONNECT Information Security Governance (ISG) Assessment Tool for Institutions of Higher Education (IHE)
—PDF, free
This assessment tool aims to help Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) to increase their performance with regard to Information Security or cybersecurity. "This Tool is not intended to provide a complete and detailed list of information security policies or practices one must follow. Rather, it is intended to help a president or institutional leadership identify general areas of concern as they relate to the ISG Framework." The tool overviews organizational reliance on IT, the risk management, the people, the processes, and the technologies used to secure IT in the organizations.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/sec0421.pdfFieldstone Alliance's "Funder's Guide to Organizational Assessment: Tools, Processes, and Their Use in Building Capacity"
—Website, approximately US$50
This website provides non-profit organizations with different tools to encourage their "strategic use of technology to achieve the mission work" of their organizations. The IT tools listed on that webpage will help you determine "how to make compelling requests for technology funding"; "how to assess needs"; "how to plan upgrades and to determine cost-effectiveness". The tools are downloadable in pdf, MS power point, or html format.
http://www.fieldstonealliance.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=069539
