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Success Story - Setting the IT Direction |
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Client:
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Project:
IT Assessment, Architecture and Plan |
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The Sales and Marketing
organization of a major biotechnology firm was interested in developing an
Information Technology strategy, architecture and migration plan. The
effort consisted of tasks to develop a plan for aligning IT staff and IT
projects with business needs. The project consisted of the following
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Business Vision and
Direction:
Conduct workshops to understand the business drivers and to project and
define what the organization will look like in the future. |
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IT Assessment and Benchmark:
Perform an assessment of
the current use of IT including: spending, applications, organization and
controls, technical skills, user awareness and attitude. |
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IT Vision and Strategy:
Conduct workshops to
determine Sales' and Marketing's vision concerning how IT could support the
organizations' business objectives. |
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Business Case:
Based on the size of the
gap observed between the IT Assessment and the IT Vision, develop a business case
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describe the magnitude of the effort involved in implementing the migration
plan |
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provide the justification for moving forward |
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identify the critical success factors |
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present a high-level cost-benefit analysis |
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IT Architecture:
Develop an information
technology architecture that provides a framework for future IT development
and acquisition. |
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Migration Plan:
Assemble the results of
the assessments, vision and strategy workshops and architecture formulation
workshops into a comprehensive, long-range IT transition plan |
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A
series of workshops were conducted with all levels of management in both
Sales and Marketing user areas and with the IT organization to review and
refine deliverables, ensure understanding and gain commitment. The
final approved migration plan consisted of five major initiatives designed
to improve data quality, management alignment, staff skills and IT
processes, as well as articulating needed tactical and strategic IT
development projects. Each initiative was further defined in terms of
sub-initiatives, time lines, costs, risks, impact and need. |
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Assessing IT Strengths and Weaknesses |
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Developing an IT Strategy and Plan |
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