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From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap

by Tiffany Pham, David K. Pham, Andrew Pham

September 2018

Beginner to intermediate

298 pages

6h 6m

English

Productivity Press

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1.1 Chapter Objective1.2 Mission, Vision, and Values1.2.1 Mission1.2.2 Vision1.2.3 Values1.3 Business Model1.4 TakeawaysReferences
2.1 Chapter Objective2.2 What Is Business Strategy?2.2.1 Key Criteria for a Good Business Strategy2.2.1.1 Internal Consistency2.2.1.2 External Consistency2.2.1.3 Dynamic Consistency2.2.2 Some Other Important Considerations2.2.2.1 Trade-Offs2.2.2.2 Strategic Fit2.3 From Core Competency to Value Creation2.3.1 Core Competency and Value Chain2.3.1.1 Core Competency2.3.1.2 Value Chain2.3.2 Relative Cost Analysis2.3.3 Value Creation2.3.3.1 Some Special Perspective for Commercial Companies2.3.3.2 Some Special Perspective for Nonrofit Organizations2.4 Michael Porter’s Five Forces Framework2.4.1 Michael Porter’s Five Forces2.4.1.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers2.4.1.2 Bargaining Power of Customers2.4.1.3 Threat of New Entrants2.4.1.4 Threat of Substitutes2.4.1.5 Rivalry among Existing Competitors2.4.1.6 Walmart and Porter’s Five Forces2.4.1.7 The MoMA and Porter’s Five Forces2.4.2 Leading Uses of the Five Forces Framework2.4.3 A Sixth Force2.5 Product-Market Growth Directions Matrix2.6 The Strategy Blade2.7 From Business Strategy to Financial Goals2.8 TakeawaysReferences
3.1 Chapter Objective3.2 What Is Lean?3.3 So What Do We Mean by a Lean and Agile Organization and a Lean and Agile IT and IT Roadmap?3.4 TakeawaysReferences
4.1 Chapter Objective4.2 Why Business and IT Misalignment Is Unacceptable4.3 How Can We Identify if There Is Such Misalignment?4.4 Why Has IT Never Been Clearly Aligned with the Organization’s Business Strategy?4.5 How Can We More Clearly Align IT with an Organization’s Business Strategy?4.6 Introduction to Enterprise Architecture4.7 A Look at the Different Layers of an Enterprise Architecture4.8 Takeaways
5.1 Chapter Objective5.2 EA Framework5.2.1 Enterprise Business Architecture5.2.1.1 Business Objectives, Goals, and Metrics5.2.1.2 Business Processes5.2.1.3 Team Structure5.2.2 Enterprise IT Application Architecture5.2.3 Enterprise IT Data Architecture5.2.4 Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture5.2.5 Enterprise Security Architecture Layer5.3 TakeawaysReference
6.1 Chapter Objective6.2 Step 1: Identify Current Business and IT Situation6.3 Step 2: Identify Future Business Strategy and IT Needs6.4 Step 3: Identify Business and IT Gaps6.5 Step 4: Identify the IT Roadmap6.6 Takeaways
7.1 Chapter Objective7.2 Step 1: Identify the Current Business and IT Situation7.2.1 Current Enterprise Business Architecture7.2.1.1 Business Goals and Metrics7.2.1.2 Business Processes7.2.1.3 Team Structure7.2.2 Current Enterprise IT Application Architecture7.2.3 Current Enterprise IT Data Architecture7.2.3.1 Enterprise IT Transactional Data Architecture7.2.3.2 Enterprise IT Business Intelligence Data Architecture7.2.4 Current Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture7.3 Step 2: Identify the Future Business Strategy and IT Situation7.3.1 Future Business Strategy and Its New Enterprise Business Architecture7.3.1.1 Future Goals and Direction7.3.1.2 Enterprise Business Processes7.3.1.3 Team Structure7.3.2 Future Enterprise IT Application Architecture7.3.3 Future Enterprise IT Data Architecture7.3.4 Future Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture7.4 Step 3: Identify Business and IT Gaps7.4.1 Gaps in Enterprise Business Processes7.4.2 Gaps in Enterprise IT Application Architecture7.4.3 Gaps in Enterprise IT Data Architecture7.4.3.1 Transactional Applications7.4.3.2 Enterprise Business Intelligence/Analytics7.4.4 Gaps in Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture7.5 Step 4: Identify the IT Roadmap7.5.1 The Organization or Business Unit’s Business Direction and Financial Goals7.5.2 The Organization or Business Unit’s Overall Enterprise Architecture7.5.3 Technical Migration Plan7.5.4 Timeline7.5.5 IT Budget7.6 Takeaways
8.1 Chapter Objective8.2 The “What”8.3 The “How”8.4 Takeaways
9.1 Chapter Objective9.2 Mergers and Acquisitions Evaluation Process9.3 IT Due Diligence Questionnaire9.4 Takeaways
10.1 Chapter Objective10.2 Key Recommendations10.3 TakeawaysReference
11.1 Chapter Objective11.2 Getting Organized for Execution11.2.1 Business and IT Governance Board11.2.2 Business Unit IT Steering Committee11.3 What to Review?11.3.1 Business Goals Review11.3.2 IT Roadmap Execution Progress Review11.3.3 IT Budget Review11.4 Revision to the IT Roadmap11.5 Takeaways
13.1 Current Enterprise Business Architecture13.1.1 Business Goals13.1.2 Business Processes13.1.3 Team Structure13.2 Current Enterprise IT Application Architecture13.3 Current Enterprise IT Data Architecture13.4 Current Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture13.5 Future Business Strategy and Its New Enterprise Business Architecture13.5.1 Competitive Analysis13.5.2 All About HatWare’s New Business Strategy13.5.2.1 Future Goals and Direction13.5.2.2 Future Enterprise Business Processes13.5.2.3 Future Team Structure13.6 Future Enterprise IT Application Architecture13.7 Future Enterprise IT Data Architecture13.7.1 Future Enterprise IT Transactional Data Architecture13.7.2 Future Enterprise IT BI/Analytics Data Architecture13.8 Future Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture13.9 Gaps in Enterprise Business Processes13.10 Gaps in Enterprise IT Application Architecture13.11 Gaps in Enterprise IT Data Architecture13.12 Gaps in Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture13.13 IT Roadmap Components13.13.1 Business Strategy, Direction, and High-Level Goals13.13.2 Enterprise Architecture13.13.3 Business and Technology Initiatives Prioritization13.13.4 Timeline13.13.5 IT Budget13.14 All About HatWare’s IT Roadmap Execution
14.1 Current Enterprise Business Architecture14.1.1 Business Goals14.1.2 Business Processes14.1.3 Team Structure14.2 Current Enterprise IT Application Architecture14.3 Current Enterprise IT Data Architecture14.3.1 Enterprise IT Transactional Data Architecture14.3.2 Enterprise IT BI Data Architecture14.4 Current Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture14.5 Future Business Strategy and Its New Enterprise Business Architecture14.5.1 Future Goals and Direction14.5.2 Future Team Structure14.5.3 Future Enterprise Business Processes14.6 Future Enterprise IT Application Architecture14.7 Future Enterprise IT Data Architecture14.7.1 Future Enterprise IT Transactional Data Architecture14.7.2 Future Enterprise IT BI Data Architecture14.8 Future Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture14.9 Gaps in Enterprise Business Processes14.10 Gaps in Enterprise IT Application Architecture14.10.1 Enterprise IT Transactional Applications14.10.2 Enterprise IT BI Applications14.11 Gaps in Enterprise IT Data Architecture14.12 Gaps in Enterprise IT Infrastructure Architecture14.13 IT Roadmap Components14.13.1 Business Strategy, Direction, and Goals14.13.2 Enterprise Architecture14.13.3 Business and Technology Initiatives Prioritization14.13.4 Timeline14.13.5 IT Budget14.14 US Against Illiteracy’s IT Roadmap Execution

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