Strategic Planning for IT
Creating a Strategic Information & Technology Plans Starts with the Basics
Effective business strategies must be developed with IT leadership included at the executive level
IT Strategic Planning
Keys for Aligning IT Plans with Business
- Business owners must be willing and able to define their requirements
- Business owners must be willing and able to justify the costs associated with their requirements
- Business owners must be willing and able to "own" project related efforts and ensure the proper resources are involved
- Technology must not be pursued for technology's sake
- Management must accept responsibility for past IT decisions and make appropriate plans to manage existing IT assets, as long as these assets are in use
- IT resources should participate in business meetings and discussions in order for them to be expected to make good business recommendations
- IT budgets (expense and capital) should be justified and prioritized along side all business budgets
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Select Strategic Planning Engagements
- Created Long Range Information and Technology plan for multi-billion dollar corporation
- Led efforts to standardize company's technology platform throughout S.E. Asia, Australia, and South Africa
- Evaluated retail technology solutions for multi-billion dollar oil company
- Created technology evaluation standards (inlcuding requests for proposal) for international corporation
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