In business, strategy is all about creating a unique and sustainable competitive advantage.
There is no 'right' answer!
Strategy requires focus, a set of choices and acknowledged tradeoffs.
The same approach is required for Information Technology.
We need a plan for how technology can best be employed to help you achieve your business goals.
An Information Technology Strategy is equally important to an Entrepreneur launching a new venture, a Small Business looking to grow, or a large Corporate or Government Enterprise.
There is no need to produce a document containing hundreds of pages of information, that , in itself, is hard to digest. You need a focused, succinct plan that shows you the information you need to get moving.
An IT Strategy becomes invaluable when conversing with the many and varied IT suppliers. Those that will knock on your door, fill your message bank or clutter your email inbox with all the great reasons why their product is best for your business. You will be in the best position to make that call, with an IT Strategy at your disposal.
So, if you’re interested in a concise plan that puts you in the drivers seat when applying technology to your business and have a partner to stay with you through implementation, click here to make contact. authentic.it providing genuine, unbiased advice on how Information Technology can enable your business growth.
Enterprise Architecture
Any successful business starts with a clear vision and purpose. Business leaders translate vision and purpose into strategies and plans, ensuring everyone in the business knows how each aspect of their role contributes to achieving the vision. This approach also informs the application of technology.
Enterprise Architecture provides a framework to translate business vision, purpose, strategies and requirements into a series of plans that provide a roadmap for the introduction or change of technology to support the chosen business direction.
Just as an Architect designs and plans new homes and buildings, or prepares changes to existing facilities, enterprise architecture provides the varying levels of information required to build or transform a business. The enterprise architecture output is matched to the size and complexity of the business, just as an architect designing a house will produce different outcomes to an architect designing an office tower.
The enterprise architecture therefore plays an important role in business decision-making.
So, why have an Enterprise Architecture?
· Effective management and exploitation of information through IT is key to business success
· Good information management is a competitive advantage
· Fragmented, poorly understood, difficult to change IT systems do not meet the needs of business
· Without an enterprise architecture, investment in Information Technology becomes focused on system maintenance and tactical developments, rather than enabling a strategic plan
Two key reasons why you need enterprise architecture:
· Critical to business survival and success
· Enables managed innovation within the enterprise
Business Benefits of Enterprise Architecture:
· It helps an organization achieve its business strategy
· Faster time to market for new innovations and capabilities
· More consistent business processes and information across business units
· More reliability and security, less risk
· A more efficient business operation
· A more efficient IT operation
· Better return on existing investment,
· Reduced risk for future investment
· Faster, simpler, and cheaper procurement
So, if you’re interested in exploring an enterprise arcitecture, what ever size business you run, click here to make contact. authentic.it providing genuine, unbiased advice on how Information Technology can enable your business growth.