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Make IT a Partner in a Successful Merger or Acquisition

Don't let an M&A sidetrack your career. Create a solid M&A plan to ease the transition.

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Your Challenge

  • IT must determine the business goals of the M&A, while also reviewing and revising its current staffing, applications, and infrastructure to address the needs of the post-merger organization.
  • Making the wrong changes in the wrong sequence can delay the organization in achieving the M&A objectives.
  • CIOs need to keep IT off the critical path to avoid loosing credibility with the business.

Our Advice

Critical Insight
  • 92% of IT professionals who achieve their M&A goals create an M&A plan with specific timelines outlined for application, infrastructure, data, and staff integration.
  • To create this plan, IT needs to focus on two factors: the business objectives of the M&A, and the target technology environment that will help the organization meet the business objectives.
  • To successfully execute the plan, IT must make quick decisions, communicate regularly, and stick to the target environment outlined in the plan.
Impact and Result
  • Align IT with the business objectives of the M&A.
  • Create a detailed M&A plan for the new organization.
  • Execute the M&A plan quickly and effectively.

Get to Action

  1. Align IT with M&A goals, plan for the new organization, and execute the plan.

    Successfully navigate through the M&A.

  2. Decide on a post-merger target technology environment.

    Create a post-merger technology environment that will align IT with the business objectives of the M&A.

  3. Create a detailed M&A plan.

    Ensure that IT guides the organization smoothly through the transition.

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Don't let an M&A sidetrack your career. Create a solid M&A plan to ease the transition.

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Solution Road Map

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  1. Prepare for a Successful IT Strategy
    Preparation for IT strategy development and execution lays the foundation for IT strategy success.
  2. Improve Value & Mitigate Risk through IT Governance
    Take the guesswork out of IT decision-making.
  3. Establish an Effective IT Steering Committee
    Make sure you have the right passengers on board.
  4. Decode the Real Corporate Strategy
    Understand the best practices in business priority decryption.
  5. Get IT in Line with Organizational Needs
    Determine the appropriate IT maturity level.
  6. Make the Case for the Hybrid IT Operating Model
    Break the link between the IT operating model and the business structure for a more effective IT department.
  7. Move to a Stable & Controlled IT Department
    Extinguish the Firefighter status and gain control over the IT department.
  8. Build a Culture of IT Innovation
    Enable IT innovation to achieve business goals.
  9. Institutionalize Innovation through IT
    Leverage IT’s strong multi-department spanning position to facilitate innovation across the enterprise.
  10. Create a Software Strategy
    Manage and guide the organization's software direction.
  11. Make IT a Partner in a Successful Merger or Acquisition
    Don't let an M&A sidetrack your career. Create a solid M&A plan to ease the transition.
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