Technology Strategy Patterns

Part II. Creating the Strategy

Part II of this book is organized around the “creation” patterns—those that help you define components of your technology strategy.

A Logical Architecture of the Creation Patterns

Here I present 19 creation patterns to help you turn a vision into a holistic, strong technology strategy. They bridge the gap between an idea and an executable plan that has taken all key aspects into account.

The following is a kind of logical architecture of the 19 creation patterns. They are divided into five categories, starting with the broadest scope and narrowing from there, each of which corresponds to a chapter in this part:

• Analysis

• World

• Industry

• Company

• Department

Figure II-1 illustrates the logical architecture of how these patterns work together.

Figure II-1. The set of creation patterns all together in a logical architecture

This architecture is organized into concentric shapes representing increasingly narrow scopes of influence, impact, and relevance. This should help you to match the problem to the set of applicable patterns. The divisions are not strict; they’re just a guide. Consider this a visual table of contents for all the patterns relating to creating your technology strategy. It’s meant to act like a high-level, logical system architecture. Its purpose is to offer you an overview of the patterns all together and show where they operate in their ...