Innovation World 2013 presentation. In the digital age, organizations are undergoing massive transformations that require a growing effectiveness of their IT investments. An integrated IT portfolio allows decision-makers to plan and steer transformation projects successfully in the context of their business strategy. Alfabet is a leader in integrated IT portfolio management and has shaped the market for more than 15 years. This presentation demonstrates how to turn the road to the Digital Enterprise into a highway. See how to free up budget for innovation, prioritize and plan transformation and how to stay on course even if the route changes. Speaker: Erik Masing CEO, alfabet

1. Alfabet: A Navigation System
for the Transformation
of IT Portfolios
Erik Masing, CEO Alfabet
10. October 2013
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2. IT Management by Alfabet
• Recognized as leader in Enterprise
Architecture and IT Portfolio
Management by Gartner and Forrester
Berlin
Boston
• 15+ years of experience and serving
135,000 IT, business and finance
professionals world-wide
• Providing transparency across business,
IT, finance and risk perspectives
• Collaborative approach to Enterprise
Architecture and IT Portfolio Mgmt.
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Singapore
Customer
retention
97%
over 15 years of business

3. The story of transformation in the digital age
What’s the pain?
What’s the plan?
Make portfolio management
a collaborative practice.
What’s the gain?
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Constant change puts any
transformation at risk.
Effective transformation
in a dynamic environment.
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4. Change happens … all the time, at all times
nization
Moder
Automation
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5. Change – if not directed – will slow down your
project and your business!
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6. Transformation is directed change
TODAY
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TOMORROW

7. Do you have transparency?
Capabilities
Strategies
Demands
Applications
Technologies
Regulations
Devices
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Risks
Budgets
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8. Information silos conflict with reality
Business
Capabilities
Strategies
Finance &
Demands
Risk
Applications
Risks
Technologies
Regulations
Devices
Budgets
Architecture
* Nucleus Research: IT Budgeting: Perception and Reality, November 2011
** Nucleus Research: Risk of inaccurate data on IT applications, April 2011
*** Capgemini: Application Landscape Report 2011, April 2011
**** IDG: CFO-CIO Information Gap, September 2011
***** IDG: IT Planning, December 2012
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Projects

9. From isolated thinking to collaborative planning
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10. All IT portfolios in one collaborative environment
Business
Capabilities
Strategies
Finance &
Demands
Risk
Applications
Risks
Technologies
Regulations
Devices
Budgets
Architecture
Projects
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11. Improved transparency leads to …
… lower
collision potential
… more
budget for innovation
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… informed
decision making
… better
strategic alignment
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12. Case 1: Standardizing the “Bill of IT”
Capabilities
Strategies
Demands
Applications
Budgets
Technologies
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13. Case 2: Freeing up IT budget
Strategies
Applications
Budgets
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14. What‘s in it for you, your boss and your business?
Saved
$11M
per year
by less redundant projects
Reduced
10%
of applications can be retired
by deeper insight
Saved
40% $13M
of IT costs over two years
by freeing up resources
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Identified
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in first year
through strategic alignment