Rapidly Develop an IT Strategy – Manufacturing
Move IT from business value to public value.
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Without a well-defined IT strategy:
- The IT organization is focused on short-term, operations-level thinking.
- The business does not understand what IT is doing and relegates IT to a support function.
With a well-defined IT strategy:
- There is a concrete, clear, and visual representation of where IT is going and why it is striving for that target.
- The business understands that IT is working toward helping them and is more willing to accept requests for additional 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: Identify IT Implications and Strategy Scope
The Purpose
Conduct analysis and facilitate discussions to uncover what organizational needs mean for IT and, based on the business mandate, set out the IT strategy scope.
Key Benefits Achieved
An understanding of what organizational needs mean for IT. Additionally, the IT strategy scope sets out the coverage of the IT strategy.
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| 1.1 | Review the business context. |
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| 1.2 | Review links between business capabilities/initiatives and business goals. |
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| 1.3 | Identify IT implications from the documented business context. |
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| 1.4 | Group the IT implications into themes from seven perspectives. |
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| 1.5 | Confirm the IT strategy scope. |
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Module 2: Define the IT Target State
The Purpose
Define statements, principles, goals, and target-state maturity. Clearly understand where IT needs to go by defining the target-state IT capabilities.
Key Benefits Achieved
Identifies and documents, at a high level, IT’s target state. Additionally, the list of target-state capabilities defines in more detail and clarity how the target state will look.
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| 2.1 | Create the IT vision and mission statements and guiding principles. |
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| 2.2 | Define IT goals and identify IT guiding principles. |
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| 2.3 | Determine the IT goal alignment to business goals. |
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| 2.4 | Indicate the target-state IT maturity. |
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| 2.5 | Identify the target-state IT capabilities required to achieve IT goals. |
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| 2.6 | Consolidate target IT capability map. |
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Module 3: Assess the IT Current State
The Purpose
Gauge where the IT organization currently stands to get a baseline so that gaps can be identified between the current and target states.
Key Benefits Achieved
Provides an assessment of the current state in terms of capabilities, planned initiatives, factors impacting IT, budget, and current-state maturity.
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| 3.1 | Review diagnostic results. |
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| 3.2 | Assess current IT capabilities. |
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| 3.3 | Review current IT budget. |
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| 3.4 | Conduct IT SWOT analysis. |
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| 3.5 | Identify current-state maturity. |
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| 3.6 | Assess the gaps between current- and target-state capabilities. |
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Module 4: Bridge the Gap and Create the Strategy
The Purpose
Identify the gaps between the current and target states and brainstorm initiatives to address the gaps. Set out next steps to reach IT strategy approval.
Key Benefits Achieved
Identifies the projects needed to reach the target state from the current state. Links how the projects support IT capabilities, IT goals, and the business context.
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| 4.1 | Map key current IT initiatives to IT and business goals. |
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| 4.2 | Brainstorm initiatives to address the gaps in capabilities. |
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| 4.3 | Create initiative profiles. |
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| 4.4 | Prioritize IT initiatives. |
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| 4.5 | Create roadmaps for key IT initiatives. |
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| 4.6 | Identify required IT budget. |
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| 4.7 | Summarize the highlights of the IT strategy. |
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