How to make IT a strategic business enabler, enhance shareholder value, and mitigate risk.

1. IT Strategy Development
How to make IT a strategic business enabler,
en ance s are ol er alue, an mi gate risk
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IT Strategy
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In ology regar IT trateg e a pre r p on or a on e organ a on ave t e l ry o on tr ng long-term
plan a prepara on or more plann ng o t organ a on ant IT Strate gy ...
to o t eno g plann ng to en y an allo gn ant
nve tment an to o t e r a v e over t e r o en IT Strategy is all about defining the future,
understanding the present, and describing the
plann ng or on
path from here to there.
An IT trategy o l not only be n omplete al gnment t
A successful strategy inspires valuable
t e b ne trategy b t al o en an e t e b ne trategy We, initiatives, initiates focused action, and unifies
t ere ore, al ay tart t b ne v on an relate IT and its business communities around
trateg e By go ng ba k to t e n amental o t e b ne e common goals.
an evelop an IT v on t at o e on ma m ng t e val e Good IT strategies are good business.
ontr b on o te nology
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organ a on an rom o t e o r e T allo g er al ty re lt an en o rage are o ner p o e on
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rat er t an a an a ert o g t
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governan e are n pla e
An Eight Step Approach
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party re rement rrent an propo e b ne n a ve n orma on, appl a on an n ra tr t re ar te t re an ,
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o t e b ne , te nology, env ronmental an man re o r e r k nee to be re ogn e
1. Conduct Business Discovery
B ne overy beg n t a rev e o nternal trategy o menta on prepare by management or o t e a v or
a gmente t p bl ly ava lable n try an ompe tor n orma on n l ng tren an ben mark ng ata
T e ore e er e to omplete t e b ne overy pro e a er e o nterv e an opera onal a l ty to r
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an trateg plan O r approa n over r al pr or e an key b ne r ver , n t e onte t o ompe ve pre re
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t e b ne omm n ty O r approa en re an n er tan ng o t e overall b ne trategy an eterm ne t e e tent
to t e IT organ a on ppor ng t e e ob e ve o t e ompany
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role n ppor ng t e rrent an t re b ne re rement e ng a SWOT o el Strengt , Weakne ,
Opport n ty, T reat C rrent erv e level are mea re no le ge o an on en e n a var ety o IT pro e e e plore
e g , Appl a on Implementa on, C ange anagement, D a ter e overy, Se r ty, IT al e ea rement etr
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ga ne rom re t nterv e or t e r nternal repre enta ve It mportant to ga n a per pe ve rom a e var ety o
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b ne n on an lo a on to e tabl lear pa ern o per orman e an to remove ran om no e rom t e eval a on
T e o t ome o t e er e a o mente n er tan ng o t e rrent A I an e pe te To Be b ne
env ronment an o IT per orm n el ver ng val e to t e b ne
. or u ate Business ercep on o
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m l a ete tate an be pragma ally an ob e vely mea re t ro g t e e o a at r ty o el IT n a ve an
erv e pport a var e b ne omm n ty an e ternal partner T e at r ty o el eval ate po on an gro t along
t e ollo ng ale Non-e tent or A o epeatable b t Int ve De ne ea re an anage an nally, Op m e
T e b ne omm n ty per ep on o IT erv e level r al an nee to be bro g t nto per pe ve t ro g t e
ompar on to e ternal ben mark ata
T approa ga n val e rom t e e o metr ave a ommon n er tan ng by bot IT an b ne
omm n e It al o prov e t e ba or lear a onable n a ve t at ll pport mprove per orman e an val e
el very t n t e IT Strategy el verable
3. Conduct Discovery
O r approa n l e a ompre en ve te nology e- l gen e pro e T pro e enable a ll n er tan ng o
t e organ a on te nolog al apab l e an t el very T e IT management nterv e are m l a ete We rev e
ey man re o r e on era on n l e ey appl a on n l e
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• Intelle t al roperty g t • ro v ty De ktop
• ternal e o r e Control ey IT pro e e n l e
ey n ra tr t re on era on n l e • Appl a on A on Implementa on
• Data Center • Sy tem Development
• AN / WAN / De ktop • C ange anagement
• Internet / Intranet / tranet • Ba k p D a ter e overy
• Tele omm n a on • elp De k roblem ala on
• Capa ty l a on lann ng • Se r ty
• Con ngen y lann ng • De ktop Stan ar Compl an e
man re o r e , n ra tr t re, appl a on , an ore IT pro e e
4. Re erence Experts & Research.
e b ne e allenge are n e an olate - e b ne may not affor to be t e earl e t a opter o
emerg ng te nology O r approa rev e ava lable oma n e per e an re ear t re pe t to n try pra e
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re ent r ver o t pro e Be t pra e an table te nology repre ent a ne , breakt ro g ea nve gate
ally, t e nternal b ne omm n ty a r o r e o ata on ompe ve a tor In a on to o r n- o e e per e,
p bl e mater al an , a re re , ot er oma n pe al t on n e b e t are en e I appropr ate, n epen ent
re ear nto ompe tor, tomer, or pply a n partner pra e per orme T e goal to not only leverage kno le ge
an e per en e b t al o en re t e IT Strategy on tent t e ternal te nology re on
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5. Review nteri indings
T e IT Strategy no beg n to take ape ee ba k on t e pro e to ate r al to val ate a mp on an
on l on T e re lt o overy a v e an t e re on an tr t re o t e nal el verable rev e e t t e
Sen or ea er p Team n a ork ng e on T e p rpo e not only to ver y t e a ra y o ob e ve n ng b t al o
a eve agreement on t e analy o per ep on a repre ente t n t e at r ty o el By e po ng t e ma n t rea o
emerg ng IT In a ve or early ee ba k, agreement on a et o IT n a ve t at ll n erp n t e trategy a ompl e
t b y- n a ro t e Sen or ea er p Team
6. Bui d Strategy De iverab e
W t n a lear IT Strategy, more t an anyt ng, ompan e ant to kno at to o T e key to g ve a lear roa map
t at an be n er too an ollo e to a eve t e mprove per orman e t e , on l on , an re ommen a on
learly pr or e an e ba k to b ne ob e ve o on enabl ng b ne n a ve t at en an e are ol er val e
le m ga ng r k IT Strategy Del verable a t e ollo ng Table o Content
. Co unicate Strategy to rgani a on
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8. Manage the Strategy
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n er tan ng o t e b ne v on an trateg n a ve rea ng ell nto n t management an a elerate IT Strategy
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