From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap

From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap

by Tiffany Pham, David K. Pham, Andrew Pham
Released September 2018
Publisher(s): Productivity Press
ISBN: 9781315360324

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Book description

This book lays out a practical, how-to approach to identifying business strategies and creating value-driven technology roadmaps in your organization. It uses numerous examples, illustrations, and case studies to show you how to solve the real-world problems that business executives and technology leaders face on a day-to-day basis. Filled with actionable advice you can use immediately, the book introduces Agile and the Lean mindset in a manner that the people in your business and technology departments can easily understand.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Praise for From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap
  8. About the Authors
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. What Is This Book About?
  11. Preface
  12. Foreword
  13. Foreword
  14. Foreword
  15. Foreword
  16. Foreword
  17. SECTION I A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STRATEGY: CONCEPTS AND FORMULATION
    1. 1 From Mission, Vision, and Values to Business Model
      1. 1.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 1.2 Mission, Vision, and Values
        1. 1.2.1 Mission
        2. 1.2.2 Vision
        3. 1.2.3 Values
      3. 1.3 Business Model
      4. 1.4 Takeaways
      5. References
    2. 2 Business Strategy and Its Formulation
      1. 2.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 2.2 What Is Business Strategy?
        1. 2.2.1 Key Criteria for a Good Business Strategy
          1. 2.2.1.1 Internal Consistency
          2. 2.2.1.2 External Consistency
          3. 2.2.1.3 Dynamic Consistency
        2. 2.2.2 Some Other Important Considerations
          1. 2.2.2.1 Trade-Offs
          2. 2.2.2.2 Strategic Fit
      3. 2.3 From Core Competency to Value Creation
        1. 2.3.1 Core Competency and Value Chain
          1. 2.3.1.1 Core Competency
          2. 2.3.1.2 Value Chain
        2. 2.3.2 Relative Cost Analysis
        3. 2.3.3 Value Creation
          1. 2.3.3.1 Some Special Perspective for Commercial Companies
          2. 2.3.3.2 Some Special Perspective for Nonrofit Organizations
      4. 2.4 Michael Porter’s Five Forces Framework
        1. 2.4.1 Michael Porter’s Five Forces
          1. 2.4.1.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
          2. 2.4.1.2 Bargaining Power of Customers
          3. 2.4.1.3 Threat of New Entrants
          4. 2.4.1.4 Threat of Substitutes
          5. 2.4.1.5 Rivalry among Existing Competitors
          6. 2.4.1.6 Walmart and Porter’s Five Forces
          7. 2.4.1.7 The MoMA and Porter’s Five Forces
        2. 2.4.2 Leading Uses of the Five Forces Framework
        3. 2.4.3 A Sixth Force
      5. 2.5 Product-Market Growth Directions Matrix
      6. 2.6 The Strategy Blade
      7. 2.7 From Business Strategy to Financial Goals
      8. 2.8 Takeaways
      9. References
  18. SECTION II AN INTRODUCTION TO LEAN, LEAN AND AGILE ORGANIZATION, AND LEAN AND AGILE IT
    1. 3 What Do We Mean by Lean, Lean and Agile Organization, and Lean and Agile IT?
      1. 3.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 3.2 What Is Lean?
      3. 3.3 So What Do We Mean by a Lean and Agile Organization and a Lean and Agile IT and IT Roadmap?
      4. 3.4 Takeaways
      5. References
  19. SECTION III FROM BUSINESS STRATEGY TO IT ROADMAP: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (EA)
    1. 4 An Introduction to Business Strategy and IT Alignment
      1. 4.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 4.2 Why Business and IT Misalignment Is Unacceptable
      3. 4.3 How Can We Identify if There Is Such Misalignment?
      4. 4.4 Why Has IT Never Been Clearly Aligned with the Organization’s Business Strategy?
      5. 4.5 How Can We More Clearly Align IT with an Organization’s Business Strategy?
      6. 4.6 Introduction to Enterprise Architecture
      7. 4.7 A Look at the Different Layers of an Enterprise Architecture
      8. 4.8 Takeaways
    2. 5 More on Enterprise Architecture (EA)
      1. 5.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 5.2 EA Framework
        1. 5.2.1 Enterprise Business Architecture
          1. 5.2.1.1 Business Objectives, Goals, and Metrics
          2. 5.2.1.2 Business Processes
          3. 5.2.1.3 Team Structure
        2. 5.2.2 Enterprise IT Application Architecture
        3. 5.2.3 Enterprise IT Data Architecture
        4. 5.2.4 Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
        5. 5.2.5 Enterprise Security Architecture Layer
      3. 5.3 Takeaways
      4. Reference
  20. SECTION IV FROM BUSINESS STRATEGY TO AN AGILE AND LEAN IT ROADMAP: THE FORMULATION PROCESS
    1. 6 A High-Level Overview of the IT Roadmap Formulation Process
      1. 6.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 6.2 Step 1: Identify Current Business and IT Situation
      3. 6.3 Step 2: Identify Future Business Strategy and IT Needs
      4. 6.4 Step 3: Identify Business and IT Gaps
      5. 6.5 Step 4: Identify the IT Roadmap
      6. 6.6 Takeaways
    2. 7 More on the IT Roadmap Formulation Process
      1. 7.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 7.2 Step 1: Identify the Current Business and IT Situation
        1. 7.2.1 Current Enterprise Business Architecture
          1. 7.2.1.1 Business Goals and Metrics
          2. 7.2.1.2 Business Processes
          3. 7.2.1.3 Team Structure
        2. 7.2.2 Current Enterprise IT Application Architecture
        3. 7.2.3 Current Enterprise IT Data Architecture
          1. 7.2.3.1 Enterprise IT Transactional Data Architecture
          2. 7.2.3.2 Enterprise IT Business Intelligence Data Architecture
        4. 7.2.4 Current Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      3. 7.3 Step 2: Identify the Future Business Strategy and IT Situation
        1. 7.3.1 Future Business Strategy and Its New Enterprise Business Architecture
          1. 7.3.1.1 Future Goals and Direction
          2. 7.3.1.2 Enterprise Business Processes
          3. 7.3.1.3 Team Structure
        2. 7.3.2 Future Enterprise IT Application Architecture
        3. 7.3.3 Future Enterprise IT Data Architecture
        4. 7.3.4 Future Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      4. 7.4 Step 3: Identify Business and IT Gaps
        1. 7.4.1 Gaps in Enterprise Business Processes
        2. 7.4.2 Gaps in Enterprise IT Application Architecture
        3. 7.4.3 Gaps in Enterprise IT Data Architecture
          1. 7.4.3.1 Transactional Applications
          2. 7.4.3.2 Enterprise Business Intelligence/Analytics
        4. 7.4.4 Gaps in Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      5. 7.5 Step 4: Identify the IT Roadmap
        1. 7.5.1 The Organization or Business Unit’s Business Direction and Financial Goals
        2. 7.5.2 The Organization or Business Unit’s Overall Enterprise Architecture
        3. 7.5.3 Technical Migration Plan
        4. 7.5.4 Timeline
        5. 7.5.5 IT Budget
      6. 7.6 Takeaways
    3. 8 From a Business Unit’s IT Roadmap to an Enterprise IT Roadmap
      1. 8.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 8.2 The “What”
      3. 8.3 The “How”
      4. 8.4 Takeaways
    4. 9 IT and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Activities
      1. 9.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 9.2 Mergers and Acquisitions Evaluation Process
      3. 9.3 IT Due Diligence Questionnaire
      4. 9.4 Takeaways
    5. 10 Change Management
      1. 10.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 10.2 Key Recommendations
      3. 10.3 Takeaways
      4. Reference
  21. SECTION V FROM IT ROADMAP FORMULATION TO EXECUTION
    1. 11 Strategy Is Execution
      1. 11.1 Chapter Objective
      2. 11.2 Getting Organized for Execution
        1. 11.2.1 Business and IT Governance Board
        2. 11.2.2 Business Unit IT Steering Committee
      3. 11.3 What to Review?
        1. 11.3.1 Business Goals Review
        2. 11.3.2 IT Roadmap Execution Progress Review
        3. 11.3.3 IT Budget Review
      4. 11.4 Revision to the IT Roadmap
      5. 11.5 Takeaways
    2. 12 Parting Thoughts
  22. SECTION VI CASE STUDIES
    1. 13 Case Study 1: Commercial Case Study: All About HatWare
      1. 13.1 Current Enterprise Business Architecture
        1. 13.1.1 Business Goals
        2. 13.1.2 Business Processes
        3. 13.1.3 Team Structure
      2. 13.2 Current Enterprise IT Application Architecture
      3. 13.3 Current Enterprise IT Data Architecture
      4. 13.4 Current Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      5. 13.5 Future Business Strategy and Its New Enterprise Business Architecture
        1. 13.5.1 Competitive Analysis
        2. 13.5.2 All About HatWare’s New Business Strategy
          1. 13.5.2.1 Future Goals and Direction
          2. 13.5.2.2 Future Enterprise Business Processes
          3. 13.5.2.3 Future Team Structure
      6. 13.6 Future Enterprise IT Application Architecture
      7. 13.7 Future Enterprise IT Data Architecture
        1. 13.7.1 Future Enterprise IT Transactional Data Architecture
        2. 13.7.2 Future Enterprise IT BI/Analytics Data Architecture
      8. 13.8 Future Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      9. 13.9 Gaps in Enterprise Business Processes
      10. 13.10 Gaps in Enterprise IT Application Architecture
      11. 13.11 Gaps in Enterprise IT Data Architecture
      12. 13.12 Gaps in Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      13. 13.13 IT Roadmap Components
        1. 13.13.1 Business Strategy, Direction, and High-Level Goals
        2. 13.13.2 Enterprise Architecture
        3. 13.13.3 Business and Technology Initiatives Prioritization
        4. 13.13.4 Timeline
        5. 13.13.5 IT Budget
      14. 13.14 All About HatWare’s IT Roadmap Execution
    2. 14 Case Study 2: Nonprofit Case Study: US Against Illiteracy
      1. 14.1 Current Enterprise Business Architecture
        1. 14.1.1 Business Goals
        2. 14.1.2 Business Processes
        3. 14.1.3 Team Structure
      2. 14.2 Current Enterprise IT Application Architecture
      3. 14.3 Current Enterprise IT Data Architecture
        1. 14.3.1 Enterprise IT Transactional Data Architecture
        2. 14.3.2 Enterprise IT BI Data Architecture
      4. 14.4 Current Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      5. 14.5 Future Business Strategy and Its New Enterprise Business Architecture
        1. 14.5.1 Future Goals and Direction
        2. 14.5.2 Future Team Structure
        3. 14.5.3 Future Enterprise Business Processes
      6. 14.6 Future Enterprise IT Application Architecture
      7. 14.7 Future Enterprise IT Data Architecture
        1. 14.7.1 Future Enterprise IT Transactional Data Architecture
        2. 14.7.2 Future Enterprise IT BI Data Architecture
      8. 14.8 Future Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      9. 14.9 Gaps in Enterprise Business Processes
      10. 14.10 Gaps in Enterprise IT Application Architecture
        1. 14.10.1 Enterprise IT Transactional Applications
        2. 14.10.2 Enterprise IT BI Applications
      11. 14.11 Gaps in Enterprise IT Data Architecture
      12. 14.12 Gaps in Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture
      13. 14.13 IT Roadmap Components
        1. 14.13.1 Business Strategy, Direction, and Goals
        2. 14.13.2 Enterprise Architecture
        3. 14.13.3 Business and Technology Initiatives Prioritization
        4. 14.13.4 Timeline
        5. 14.13.5 IT Budget
      14. 14.14 US Against Illiteracy’s IT Roadmap Execution
  23. Appendix A: The 10 Questions an IT Leader Should Ask His or Her CEO or Board Members
  24. Appendix B: The 10 Questions the CEO or Board Member Should Ask His or Her IT Leader
  25. Appendix C: Leveraging Social Media for Business Strategy
  26. Appendix D: Leveraging Mobile Technology for Business Strategy
  27. Appendix E: Leveraging Cloud Computing for Business Strategy
  28. Appendix F: The Business Case for a New Business Technology Project
  29. Appendix G: Buy or Build (Commercial Off-the-Shelf Package Implementation or In-House Software Development)?
  30. Glossary
  31. Index

Product information

  • Title: From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap
  • Author(s): Tiffany Pham, David K. Pham, Andrew Pham
  • Release date: September 2018
  • Publisher(s): Productivity Press
  • ISBN: 9781315360324