COURSE 040 | 2-DAY SESSION
Harnessing IT for Business Success

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Course Details:

From 1998 to 2000 you signed the IT capital expenditure request and nodded your head without a blink. From 2001 to 2003 you didn't sign anything. What about now? Information technology innovation has not stopped. During this time solutions from Open Source Databases to wireless devices converging all business communications to a hand-held system have been developed. Do you know which solutions you can use to create Competitive Advantage and which are just flashy "nice-to-have" toys for your salesperson? Don't risk going back to "signing and nodding" and again getting stuck with useless capital and wasted service costs.

In this course, you will gain the skills and knowledge you need to proactively build business strategies around today's most innovative technologies. Learn how to move up the IT/Business alignment chart from functional point system solutions to reengineering the business process based on your IT infrastructure. Don't wait until after your competitor has lowered its prices and increased their services because they successfully reengineered a business process utilizing IT and reduced the cost of goods sold by 5%! In 2004, it’s about doing it right the first time and building the strategy before signing the capital expenditure. To do this you must understand how to align IT with organization goals, be able to differentiate IT components and their function, effectively communicate need to your IT staff, and drive business results from IT investment. Through lectures developed specifically for the business professional and technology-business strategy alignment case studies – get this and much more from“Harnessing IT for Business Success.”

During this course, you will:

• Learn the framework for incorporating Information Technology into your business strategy.
• Develop a thorough knowledge of Information Technology – from hardware to database applications.
• Gain the knowledge and skills to understand and monitor your IT Governance solutions mandated by Sarbanes-Oxley 2002.
• Using real-world case studies, build business strategies that incorporate IT innovations to solve everyday business challenges.
• Confidently challenge consultant fees and IT investment proposals.
• Ensure your request for IT services isn't “lost in translation.” Get your work done right the first time.
• Increase organizational productivity by developing operational processes powered by IT innovations.
• Turn technology into a strategic weapon.
• Build products and solutions that use IT innovations to deliver unprecedented services to your customers.
• Gain the skills to become a digital leader and have the skills to uncover the opportunities and threats in today's fast paced and complex market place.
• Plot where your organization is on the IT- Business Alignment matrix and learn how to move up that matrix.
• Finally learn the function and meaning of those IT buzzwords. Incorporate the work you create on our case studies to implement strategies in your organization.
• Understand the four critical areas of IT governance: Strategic Alignment, Value Delivery, Risk Management, and Performance Measurement
• Get a map of an enterprise IT organization, learn who works on what and why