IT Strategy template

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XXX IT Organization MOVING IT FORWARD

MONTH YEAR

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Today’s Situation Summary of the current situation

Why is it a problem

How did we get here

Original assumptions that are no longer valid

Use brief bullets, discuss details verbally

Add World Map or other relevant chart showing locations with staff counts

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Action Required Drivers◦ Define the big WHY

◦ enter business drivers

Response: ◦ What steps were taken to address

◦ In executive terms

Actions Required◦ What need to be done

◦ In executive terms

:

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Approach


Detail approach to building strategy

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IT Strategy Table of Contents



How Did We Get Here? Any relevant historical information

Original assumptions that are no longer valid

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Expected Outcomes This IT Strategic Plan and Roadmap will ensure alignment to business goals going forward and provide the structure and guidance to realize the benefits (enter the why here…).

• Bringing together business and IT leaders to define what is needed to realize XXX strategy

• Ensuring business & IT capabilities drive architecture and technology decisions• Providing clarity and transparency in priorities, decision making, and investments

Align IT with Business Needs

• Defining and sequencing programs/projects to enable the business strategy, including understanding how existing initiatives align

• Defining resources, internal and external, needed to execute the roadmap• Defining investment needs and business measures that are impacted

Provide Structure for Portfolio Planning

• Articulating multi-year roadmaps with sequenced and prioritized initiatives that deliver capabilities over time

• Identifying dependencies and risks• Providing traceability between IT initiatives and the business strategy

Provide the Basis for Articulating When Value is

Realized

The IT Strategy Will…


Content included for illustrative purposes


Strategy Development Approach

Determine Required Actions

Develop Roadmap

Business Capability

Needs and IT Implications

Understand Business Demand

Determine IT Direction

Assess Capabilities

Directional Guidance for IT

Key IT Capability Gaps

Actions to Close Gaps

Plan to Move Forward

Role of ITBusiness

ImperativesIT Imperatives

• Criticality of IT to business success

• How business and IT collaborate

• What the business needs to do to execute its strategy

• Implications for IT

• What IT needs to do to support the business imperatives

• Explicitly aligned to business imperatives

IT Programs IT Roadmap

• How IT will support the business / IT imperatives

• Programs and projects

• Logical sequencing of programs based on:

– Business priority– Funding– IT dependencies


IT Vision, Mission, and Principles


Vision StatementIT Vision

State the vision and long term direction, use visuals wherever possible

IT Mission

We…….


IT Principles1. Try

2. To

3. Limit

4. To

5. 10

6. Try

7. To

8. Limit

9. To

10. 10


Business ContextBUSINESS IMPERATIVES

ALIGNMENT TO BUSINESS GOALS AND VISION

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Business Imperatives The Business Imperative key elements drive execution detail within the IT Strategy



IT Strategy Alignment to Business Imperatives

The IT strategy was developed based on the critical areas where PSI must focus to execute its business strategy

Build Alignment visual here – we can discuss

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IT ImperativesASSESSMENT KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY

IT IMPERATIVES

IT IMPERATIVES MAPPED TO BUSINESS IMPERATIVES



Summary Findings and Recommendations

An assessment of the current environment generated the following findings and recommendations this strategy was designed to address.

FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS

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IT Imperatives Summary List X IT imperatives are key to enabling business imperatives and addressing gaps in the current environment assessment.

• List

• Imperatives

• Here

• As they

• Are

• defined



List IT Imperatives - generate one page per• Bullet

• Description

DESCRIPTION• Bullet

• Description

BUSINESS BENEFITS


IT Imperatives Mapped to Business Imperatives

Business Imperatives IT ImperativesThe right information at the right time

Flexible collaboration

Agile, secure capabilities

Drive IT Delivery Excellence

Mature IT services and capabilities

Benefits Realization

Leverage enterprise information across the entire value chain

Leverage External Partnerships as Key Component of Value Chain and Serve as Key Partner to Others

Accelerate product pipeline

Establish world-class commercial capabilities

Focus resources on enterprise priorities

Drive manufacturing efficiency, flexibility, and agility

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Strategic ProgramsINTRODUCTION

OVERALL TIMELINE

PROGRAM AND PROJECT DEFINITIONS

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Strategic IT Programs Introductions List here the what and how you will operate



Strategic IT Program SummarySTRATEGIC IT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION


IT Strategy alignment to Business Imperatives

Business Imperative

Business Imperatives

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

IT Imperatives

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

Business Imperative

Program ProgramProgram Program ProgramProgram Program

IT Strategic Programs

• List Projects• List projects








IT Strategy Implementation Timeline


Description

The program will drive planning, delivery and value realization… The program will enable IT to support the following business imperatives:• Leverage enterprise information across the entire value chain • Leverage external partnerships as key component of value chain and serve as key partner to others

Key Objectives IT Imperatives Supported

List List List

Detail Detail Detail

Projects Included within the Program Expected Benefits

List List List

List List List

Estimated Timeframe for Completion

List with quarter/annual level dates

IT Program: Name here Business Sponsor: enter business VP or above IT Sponsor: enter IT Leader, director or above

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Next Steps State what will happen

State Decisions needed

State who, what, when and how



Discussion

Add compelling visuals here, I like to use photos that remind the audience why we are here

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