Strategic IT planning
In most organisations, IT is an important support service, and it is difficult to over-estimate its importance. IT can support the goals of an organisation best when all the emerging needs of the organisation have been thought of already in advance. As in any other domain, the development and management of information systems presupposes strategy and long-term planning.
Our specialists help your organisation to draw up an IT strategy whose aim is to support the growth of business competitiveness by developing IT systems, guaranteeing sustainability, bearing in mind the economic efficiency.
We analyse the longer-term goals of an organisation and the current state of affairs of the internal and external environment alongside possible developments when compiling the IT strategy. Then we determine the future needs and aims of the IT systems of an organisation, and the choices, decisions, actions and investments which will be used for achieving them. We make recommendations on priority choices, and help to write down draft projects of more important projects together with necessary investments.
IT strategy answers the following questions:
- Whether and how does IT help to achieve business goals?
- What should the architecture of an IT system look like?
- Which IT support do the users need, and how should this support be provided?
- What are the future trends, and how to keep up with developments?
Strategy formulation is a diverse process, starting from determining the goals and needs of a company.
Stages of IT strategy design:
1. Describing and evaluating the current situation.
2. Mapping business problems
3. Determining the strategic goals of an organisation and IT unit.
4. Recommendations concerning the architecture of an IT system, technical solutions, IT projects, user support.
5. Strategy formulation.
The important goals and solutions for achieving them for the development of an organisation’s IT unit are established after all these five processes have been completed. Strategy also shows the priority of different IT projects and their indicative budget.