The IT Strategy can seem a challenging deliverable. We know we should have one, but the benefit and content are not always clear.

In this course we set out an approach for developing an IT strategy as a strategic plan and narrative personalised to an organisation. We will hunt down the business strategy. Identify the key parts of the business strategy that will drive the evolution of the IT Function. Aligning IT and the Business.

The strategy must consider the services IT offers, the assets it manages, the engineering approach, alignment to the business, the operating model , the IT resources and budget. For each of these the course explain how to analyses the current state and how the business strategy may be driving changes. This analysis builds out a set of objectives forming the strategic plan and narrative of the IT strategy.

Though not the primary focus of the course we will introduce the concept of Business Capability Modelling, IT Roadmap, Mid Range Plan (Financial Forecasts), and Data Strategy. The IT strategy must often summarise or reference these key strategic assets.

The course proves both techniques and opportunities to practice these through assignments. Worksheets and example answers using Microsoft Office formats are provided.

The course is intended for IT Leaders and those aspiring to these roles. The strategy often falls within the IT Architecture teams responsibilities and the course is very suitable to enterprise architects and other architect roles.