Build an IT Strategy for US Government Organizations
Success for US government departments and agencies depends on IT initiatives clearly aligned to organizational goals, enabling IT excellence and driving technology innovation.
RETIRED CONTENT
Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.IT departments that have not developed IT strategies in alignment with organizational goals and stakeholders experience:
- IT effort not tied into the organization’s value creation.
- IT work being directed to tasks that do not add value.
Use Info-Tech's government focused approach to:
- Discern the organizational context and tie-in with your IT strategy.
- Clearly communicate to government executives how IT will support the government’s key objectives and initiatives.
- Help make project decisions in a holistic manner that allows for the selection of the most-valuable initiatives to become part of the IT strategic roadmap.
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Module 1: Pre-Workshop: Elicit Organizational Context
The Purpose
Conduct analysis and facilitate discussions to uncover the organizational needs and what they mean for IT.
Key Benefits Achieved
Build an understanding of the organizational needs and feed that into the creation of your IT strategy plan.
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| 1.1 | Complete recommended diagnostic programs. |
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| 1.2 | Interview key department stakeholders, as needed, to identify org. context: goals, initiatives, and mission and vision. |
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| 1.3 | (Optional) CIO to compile and prioritize IT success stories. |
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Module 2: Establish the Scope of Your IT Strategy
The Purpose
Define statements, principles, and goals to establish the scope of your IT strategy and assess IT’s past performance.
Key Benefits Achieved
Identify and document the scope of your IT strategy and the successes from IT’s past performance (organization value realized, key milestones, successful projects, etc.).
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Review/validate the org. context. |
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| 2.2 | Construct your mission and vision statements. |
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| 2.3 | Elicit your guiding principles and finalize IT strategy scope. |
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Module 3: Build Your Key Initiative Plan
The Purpose
Identify high-priority key initiatives to support the business, enable IT excellence, and drive technology innovation.
Key Benefits Achieved
Build your key initiative plan along with your goals cascade visual to clearly communicate business alignment back to your key initiatives.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Identify key IT initiatives that support the organization. |
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| 3.2 | Identify key IT initiatives that enable operational excellence. |
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| 3.3 | Identify key IT initiatives that drive technology innovation. |
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| 3.4 | Consolidate and prioritize (where needed) your IT initiatives. |
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Module 4: Build Your Key Initiative Plan (Cont’d.)
The Purpose
Identify high-priority key initiatives to support the business, enable IT excellence, and drive technology innovation.
Key Benefits Achieved
Build your key initiative plan along with your goals cascade visual to clearly communicate organizational alignment back to your key initiatives.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Determine IT goals. |
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| 4.2 | Complete organization-IT goals cascade. |
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| 4.3 | Build your IT strategy roadmap. |
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Module 5: Define Your Operational Strategy
The Purpose
Evaluate the key components on an operational strategy that will help your team execute on your key strategic initiatives.
Key Benefits Achieved
Build a strong operational strategy to ensure IT can deliver what they promise and put in place the mechanisms to govern your journey.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 5.1 | Identify metrics and targets per IT goal. |
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| 5.2 | (Optional) Identify required skills and resource capacity. |
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| 5.3 | Discuss next steps and wrap-up. |
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Module 6: Document Strategy
The Purpose
Complete your strategy by building a highly visual and compelling presentation that enables easy customization and executive-facing content.
Key Benefits Achieved
Simple, appealing, and inspirational communication of your strategy to all key stakeholders is a must to ensure IT’s success.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 6.1 | Complete in-progress deliverables. |
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| 6.2 | (Optional) Set up review time for workshop deliverable. |
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