Curriculum
Our program's curriculum for May 2012:
IT Strategy
The CIO as Chief Strategist—Know Where You Are Going!
- What is IT strategy?
- IT/Business strategic alignment
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- what it is
- why it's important
- how to achieve
- What is an IT strategic plan?
- How do you develop the plan?
- How do you keep it alive and relevant?
- Case exercises
- Take-aways
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- framework
- sample plan
Planning
Translating Strategy to Imperatives—What Stops Will You Make
- Turning IT strategy into an actionable plan
- Six quarter IT roadmap
- Managing the application portfolio
- Project execution, PM methodologies
- How and when to set up a PMO office
- Take-aways
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- IT roadmap sample
- PM methodology
IT Budget
IT Budgeting and Planning—Figure Out How to Get There
- Components of an IT budget
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- IT specific spending
- other technology spending
- Relating IT budgeting and reporting to business
- Objective tracking and reporting to the IT budget
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- IT cost center
- departmental cost centers and charges
- capital and depreciation charges
- Take-aways
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- budgeting spreadsheet
- outcome reporting module
- samples
IT Value
Communication Planning—Lead the Way There
- IT and executive leadership
- What value does IT provide the business?
- How is IT value communicated to the business?
- Managing IT investment to value
- Change management in IT
Governance
Executing to the Plan: IT Governance—Keeping It Real!
- What is Governance?
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- where are the boundaries
- to what level is your plan defined
- Who is responsible for governance
- Different models (ISACA, ITIL, ISO)
- Risk management (Risk/Cost) implications to organizational structure
- Processes, policies, procedures architecture
- Take-aways
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- policy and procedure documents
- governance meeting composition, announcements, agendas
