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Understanding Your Organization’s
             IT Capabilities to Provide
             Maximum Business Value
                                 Mark T. Edmead
                         Email: mark@mteadvisors.com
                        web: http://www.mteadvisors.com




(c) 2010 MTE Advisors                  1
The Impact of IT Capabilities


             IT services, spending, and offerings should be in
              alignment with the company’s capabilities
             Business strategies and sources of competitive
              advantage should be linked to IT services
             Focus investments to extend corporate capabilities
              while cut investments that do not support the
              corporate initiatives


(c) 2010 MTE Advisors                  2
IT Alignment to Business


             Migrate IT spending from “keep lights on” activities
              to investments to provide new business value
             Align IT to emergent business priorities by developing
              new operating, service delivery, and governance
              models
             To enhance and drive corporate capabilities align IT
              skills, competencies, and training programs


(c) 2010 MTE Advisors                  3
What Can You Do?


             Identify business trends that have the most impact on
              IT
             Impact drivers include competitor’s actions, customer
              needs and desires, and changes in regulatory
              environment
             Reevaluate IT services and compare to company’s
              capabilities


(c) 2010 MTE Advisors                  4
IT Project Initiatives


             Rank each IT project initiative based on their strategic
              importance and value potential
             IT projects can fall in one of these four categories
                  Projects that keep the lights on
                  Project that refine processes
                  Projects that sustain the organization
                  Projects that help the organization grow


(c) 2010 MTE Advisors                       5
In Summary


             Insist that IT participates in high-level decisions
             Focus on enabling corporate strategy
             Understand how IT can enable the organization’s
              capabilities
                  Not just find ways to cut cost
             Help business identify the right capabilities



(c) 2010 MTE Advisors                        6
Contact Information
                                   Mark T. Edmead
                           Email: mark@mteadvisors.com
                          Web: http://www.mteadvisors.com




(c) 2010 MTE Advisors                    7

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Delivering IT Value

  • 1. Understanding Your Organization’s IT Capabilities to Provide Maximum Business Value Mark T. Edmead Email: mark@mteadvisors.com web: http://www.mteadvisors.com (c) 2010 MTE Advisors 1
  • 2. The Impact of IT Capabilities  IT services, spending, and offerings should be in alignment with the company’s capabilities  Business strategies and sources of competitive advantage should be linked to IT services  Focus investments to extend corporate capabilities while cut investments that do not support the corporate initiatives (c) 2010 MTE Advisors 2
  • 3. IT Alignment to Business  Migrate IT spending from “keep lights on” activities to investments to provide new business value  Align IT to emergent business priorities by developing new operating, service delivery, and governance models  To enhance and drive corporate capabilities align IT skills, competencies, and training programs (c) 2010 MTE Advisors 3
  • 4. What Can You Do?  Identify business trends that have the most impact on IT  Impact drivers include competitor’s actions, customer needs and desires, and changes in regulatory environment  Reevaluate IT services and compare to company’s capabilities (c) 2010 MTE Advisors 4
  • 5. IT Project Initiatives  Rank each IT project initiative based on their strategic importance and value potential  IT projects can fall in one of these four categories  Projects that keep the lights on  Project that refine processes  Projects that sustain the organization  Projects that help the organization grow (c) 2010 MTE Advisors 5
  • 6. In Summary  Insist that IT participates in high-level decisions  Focus on enabling corporate strategy  Understand how IT can enable the organization’s capabilities  Not just find ways to cut cost  Help business identify the right capabilities (c) 2010 MTE Advisors 6
  • 7. Contact Information Mark T. Edmead Email: mark@mteadvisors.com Web: http://www.mteadvisors.com (c) 2010 MTE Advisors 7