An IT strategy should be expressed in commercial terms and firmly grounded in your overall business strategy to ensure that all stakeholders have a sound understanding of the key impacts.

When constructuedin commercial terms,your IT strategywill help to improve the management of existing systems and the introduction of new systems and processes.

We can work with you on an individual project basis or as part of an overall solution for your business technology requirements.

Given the nature of IT, an effective IT strategy should be flexible enough to cope with the changes in the business and subsequent technological developments.

Our Business Technology and Consulting group provides independent, practical and cost-effective advice in the development of effective IT strategies.

We can work with you on an individual project basis or as part of an overall solution for your business technology requirements.

 

 

 

Our approach comprises the following stages:

STAGE 1: Identify Strategic Objectives
Based on the business' objectives, we will help you to decide on the relevant objectives for the individual systems.

STAGE 2: Situation Analysis
Analyse current systems with regard to business functions served, policies and procedures, data flows, quality of service received from external suppliers and perceived successes and failures.

STAGE 3: Technology Review
Review relevant technological and market developments to identify potential opportunities and threats. This review will also address legislative controls and system management best practice.

STAGE 4: Evaluation of Alternative Strategies
We will evaluate your alternative strategies against agreed criteria, including: cost, risk, measurable business benefits, business impacts and available resources.

STAGE 5: Communication of IT Strategy
It is important that the IT strategy is communicated to the whole organisation to ensure support and commitment. We can also help you to develop your internal communications plan.

 

Contacts:

Campbell McLundie, Partner, Business Technology and Consulting

Robert Mackenzie, Partner, Business Technology and Consulting