IT Strategy Essentials Curriculum Outline
IT Strategy Essentials: Business and IT Strategy Alignment
Overview/DescriptionHow well are IT and business strategies aligned in your organization? In companies where IT and business collaborate successfully, IT is often used to exploit innovation to drive constant improvement in business operations. This can result in new products and capabilities that give the company a competitive advantage. You can measure IT and business alignment by examining the extent to which IT supports business goals, and the degree to which business strategy capitalizes on IT capabilities. This course reviews the essential components of an IT-business aligned strategy. It also describes how to identify the level of IT and business alignment in your organization, and how to determine the value IT currently brings to your business in areas such as innovation, automation, and knowledge management. In addition, the course outlines ways you might improve alignment by, for example, developing an understanding of the role expected of IT and how that role affects budget, selection of technology, and IT governance.
Target AudienceIndividuals involved in strategic IT planning, implementation, and management in their organization, as well as anyone in the business who wants to better understand the role of IT strategy in meeting organizational goals
Expected Duration (hours)1.0
Lesson Objectives IT Strategy Essentials: Business and IT Strategy Alignment
Match examples of an IT-enabled business strategy to the components they illustrate Determine the level of IT-business integration for a company in a given scenario Assess the value of IT in a given organization Describe ways to improve IT strategic alignment with business Course Number:
stgy_06_a01_bs_enus Back to ListIT Strategy Essentials: Creating an IT Strategy Plan
Overview/DescriptionOnce youve identified the value IT brings to your organization and determined the level of alignment between the IT Department and business strategies, its time to create an IT strategy plan. The plan provides a roadmap of the IT initiatives that create business value and align with business objectives. This course describes steps in developing such a roadmap. It explains how to create an IT vision statement and strategic objectives that follow from that vision. It outlines a process for reviewing and improving the enterprise model and architecture so the strategic objectives can be achieved. In addition, the course describes how to analyze IT initiatives so that you are prioritizing those that lead to business success.
Target AudienceIndividuals involved in strategic IT planning, implementation, and management in their organization, as well as anyone in the business who wants to better understand the role of IT strategy in meeting organizational goals
Expected Duration (hours)1.0
Lesson Objectives IT Strategy Essentials: Creating an IT Strategy Plan
Match the elements typically found in an IT strategic plan with their descriptions Assess the effectiveness of the IT vision and strategic objectives for a given scenario Recognize examples of how to help ensure the enterprise architecture meets strategic IT objectives Recognize examples of the steps for determining which initiatives to include in an IT strategic plan Course Number:
stgy_06_a02_bs_enus Back to ListIT Strategy Essentials: Implementing an IT Strategy
Overview/DescriptionAfter your IT strategy plan is complete, you can start implementing it. But first you need to get buy-in from various stakeholders so that the work thats required to carry out the IT strategic initiatives can move forward smoothly. Its important, therefore, to communicate the plan to the stakeholders and get their feedback. When this is accomplished, you can execute the required strategies and measure the results. This course not only explains how to communicate your IT plans effectively to different stakeholders but also describes the key steps to take when executing the IT strategy. It points to the importance of developing a business case for each IT initiative, and the benefits of project management to help see the implementation through. The course also outlines some key steps in measuring a strategy, including how to use a balanced scorecard to measure strategy success.
Target AudienceIndividuals involved in strategic IT planning, implementation and management in their organization, as well as anyone in the organization who wants to better understand the role of IT strategy in meeting organizational goals
Expected Duration (hours)1.0
Lesson Objectives IT Strategy Essentials: Implementing an IT Strategy
Assess how well an IT strategy has been communicated in a given scenario Recognize examples of tasks carried out during the implementation of an IT strategy Recognize key steps in measuring an IT strategy Match examples to the appropriate category of an IT-specific balanced scorecard Course Number:
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IT Strategy Essentials
This self-paced online training course introduces professionals to the concept of IT Strategy Essentials.
When a company decides a particular plan of direction and makes resolutions to distribute its available capital, people and
resources in order to put that plan into motion its called strategic planning. Multiple techniques are used to enable this
process including STEER, EPISTELS, PEST and SWOT analysis.
With the constant evolution of IT strategic management caused by changes in methodology and the latest advances in technology,
it is important to stay abreast on the affects these factors play in business strategy. Matters of outsourcing, purchasing options
and other crucial concerns including strategic planning resources and product types need to be carefully reviewed in order to make
the most favorable decisions. With these many improvements it is important to work the developing business strategy around system
upgrades and evade pitfalls that occur naturally within this field.
CBT Direct’s Online IT Strategy Essentials Training will cover these techniques and answer many of the questions IT professionals
have about the alterations in responsibilities and concerns that the changing times have created. Our training will do this by
sharing useful strategies and explanations to ensure that the strategic planning being examined is realistic and is the most
beneficial course of action.
Benefits of CBT Direct’s Online IT Strategy Essentials Training
CBT Direct boasts the most beneficial online training on the market. With CBT Direct’s online training, you have the
flexibility to study on your schedule, and with the speed and reliability of the internet, CBT Direct’s IT Strategy Essentials
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The unique design of CBT Direct’s IT Strategy Essentials course emphasizes learner initiative, self-management and experiential
learning. CBT Direct’s online course design begins with the definition of user-focused performance objectives and then proceeds to
the selection and implementation of instructional strategies and learning activities appropriate for those objectives. This effective
instruction model for CBT Direct’s IT Strategy Essentials training course ensures the greatest level of comprehension and retention.
Who Benefits from CBT Direct’s Online IT Strategy Essentials Training?
Our online training would be valuable to managers who are experienced in the IT field and any project managers or their
support staff. It would also benefit managers with staff below them working in project groups and corporate executives.
What Professionals Will Learn from CBT Direct’s Online IT Strategy Essentials Training
CBT Direct’s online IT Strategy Essentials course would be beneficial for individuals involved in strategic IT planning,
implementation, and management in their organization, as well as anyone in the business who wants to better understand the
role of IT strategy in meeting organizational goals.
CBT Direct’s Online IT Strategic Essentials training course reviews the essential components of an IT-business aligned
strategy. This online course describes how to identify the level of IT and business alignment in your organization. As well
as, how to determine the value IT currently brings to your business in areas such as innovation, automation, and knowledge
management. Finally, this online course outlines ways you might improve alignment by, for example, developing an understanding
of the role expected of IT and how that role affects budget, selection of technology, and IT governance.
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This self-paced online course describes steps in developing such a roadmap. It explains how to create an IT vision statement
and strategic objectives that follow from that vision. It outlines a process for reviewing and improving the enterprise model
and architecture so the strategic objectives can be achieved. In addition, the course describes how to analyze IT initiatives
so that you are prioritizing those that lead to business success.
This self-paced course not only explains how to communicate your IT plans effectively to different stakeholders but also
describes the key steps to take when executing the IT strategy. It points to the importance of developing a business case for
each IT initiative, and the benefits of project management to help see the implementation through. The course also outlines
some key steps in measuring a strategy, including how to use a balanced scorecard to measure strategy success.
IT Strategy Essentials
