CIOs must help the business achieve goals and objectives. IT planning must be based on corporate strategy; achieving a clear and agreed upon vision of corporate strategy is the foundation upon which the IT strategy is built. However, CIOs are often left in the dark, and an inability to identify corporate imperatives undermines IT-business alignment. This storyboard will help you:
- Collect all relevant corporate strategy data to get a holistic view of your organization’s structural, customer-related, and operational imperatives.
- Analyze corporate strategy data to identify all relevant corporate objectives and initiatives.
- Prioritize corporate objectives and initiatives; allocate IT resources to key imperatives.
- Identify the business capabilities required to execute the corporate strategy.
- Prioritize the use and modification of business capabilities required to achieve corporate strategy.