Build a Data-Driven Workforce Plan: A Critical CIO Exercise
Take the guesswork out of your IT workforce equation.
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Failing to take a data-driven approach to workforce planning can lead to:
- Workforce plans that don’t deliver on strategic goals.
- Workforce decisions that do not pan out in a competitive talent marketplace.
- Workforce productivity estimates that vary widely from reality, leading to budget challenges.
The Info-Tech approach to workforce planning will help you:
- Make data-driven workforce decisions.
- Accurately predict future demand and supply.
- Ensure you are optimally using your people resources.
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Book NowModule 1: Establish Scope
The Purpose
Establish scope and goals.
Key Benefits Achieved
Ensure project’s success can be tracked with metrics.
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| 1.1 | Determine scope and collect information sources |
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| 1.2 | Estimate IT demand |
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Module 2: Define Demand and Supply
The Purpose
Accurately define IT demand and supply based on real-world data.
Key Benefits Achieved
Ensure your estimates are as accurate as possible to make your workforce plan realistic to your unique environment.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Estimate IT demand (continued) |
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| 2.2 | Refine IT supply gap and identify critical gaps |
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Module 3: Build Workforce Plan
The Purpose
Make decisions on how to fill critical FTE gaps.
Key Benefits Achieved
Using a data-driven approach helps you accurately estimate the cost and time required to fill key gaps.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Decide on a sourcing strategy for key gaps |
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| 3.2 | Build your workforce plan |
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Module 4: Finalize Workforce Plan
The Purpose
Ensure your workforce plan takes into account all data available and prepare to communicate to stakeholders.
Key Benefits Achieved
Presenting your workforce plan to key decision makers relies on having a sound analysis presented in a clear and concise way.
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| 4.1 | Build your workforce plan (continued) |
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| 4.2 | Create a communication strategy |
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