How do leading organisations
know that they are getting maximum value out of the money they invest in IT
projects and services, both individually and as a portfolio? They apply tried
and tested investment principles to deliver the highest possible return on investment
at every stage in the investment cycle - from value-driven investment planning
through project selection, business case development, delivery and whole-life
IT service exploitation. Use this two-day seminar and workshop to benchmark
your own performance, and take away practical tips for radically enhancing the
value of your company’s IT investments.
CIOs
IT Directors
IT Manager
IT Strategists
IT Consultants
Business Analysts
Enterprise Architects
Project Leaders
Senior IT managers
Non-IT executives and
managers with IT investment responsibilities
Understand your company’s
‘investment culture’
Define and use strategic
investment principles for IT
Integrate IT investment
planning and exploitation with strategic and operational business management
Develop and execute
value-driven IT investment portfolios covering both projects and services
Evaluate strategic IT
options using investment scenarios
Where’s the fire?
Why we have a problem
with IT investments
The first strategic
principle: IT on its own delivers no value
What this means in practice
Why many IT benefits
realisation strategies fail
Case study
Company profile &
investment strategy
Headline strategy for
IT
The investment culture
How to tell what it
is
Where do you fit in?
IT - driving or following
Strategic investment
principles
Applying your company’s
corporate investment principles to IT
Specific principles
for IT investments
Value-driven investment
plans
Developing and using
a ‘value portfolio’
Choosing and investing
in projects involving IT
Investing in IT services
Provisioning for unknown
investments and whole-life costs
The investment proposal
(business case)
Developing the investment
hypothesis
Avoiding the justification
trap
Accountability for success
Investment scenarios
Fundamentals of scenario
planning
Using the investment
plans to explore strategic IT options, e.g. business strategy scenarios, IT
sourcing scenarios, Enterprise Architecture scenarios
Workshop format
Entirely founded on
practical work with leading companies around the world
Case study based on
real life example
No technical IT knowledge
or in-depth financial knowledge required
Chris
Potts is a specialist in value-driven IT strategies, helping
industry-leading companies around the world to focus their strategic IT
management on maximising business value. He has 18 years experience in
corporate and IT strategies, is a member of the Strategic Planning Society
and of Computer Weekly’s Strategy Clinic panel.
