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This article introduces how Korean government has driven the innovation of IT [information technology] human resource education and development framework. The concept of 'SCM (Supply Chain Management)' has been applied to IT HRD [human resource development] policy in Korea. Korea is facing serious problems such as mismatches in supply and demand of IT workers, shortage of IT globally competitive professionals, and lack of industrial recall education. Among them, Korea is focusing on training of demand-driven IT workers as a major project by applying SCM model to real education field. The basic concept of SCM is a managerial technique to optimise the supply network by providing the standardized IT human resource (IT manpower reflected industry's needs) with industry at right time. To adapt to technological changes and the industry demand, Korean government have reformed curriculum, reinforced cooperative relations between education institution and industry, and expanded 'teach the teachers program'. Moreover, education and industry collaboration system was settled down as a matching system such as demand collaboration, design collaboration, supply collaboration, and capacity collaboration. This analysis is also expected to give valuable implications not only to Korean policy-makers but also to other countries making an effort to enhance demand-driven human resource development.