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Head of Strategy & Planning

Stakeholders in charge of IT strategy and planning use planningIT to understand which programs contribute most to business strategy and what action to take regarding gaps in the alignment of IT initiatives and business priorities. Here are some of the ways planningIT empowers stategists and planners followed by best practice insights from peers.

What capability improvement does business need?

  • Evaluate business capabilities from different perspectives
  • Highlight gaps in required capabilities support
  • Integrate capability improvement in the planning process

Which programs contribute most to business strategy?

  • Operationalize strategy
  • Relate strategies, goals and initiatives to programs and impacted architecture
  • Derive priorities and assess program contribution

How well are my applications aligned to strategy?

  • Compare alternative strategies for business support
  • Align strategy to current and planned business support
  • Derive road-maps and communicate the master plan to achieve strategy

What is my IT roadmap?

  • Conduct planning of business processes collaboratively
  • Manage road-maps of IT support for business processes
  • Generate migration and roll-out plans


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IT Strategy and Planning
Video: Head of IT Strategy & Planning at AXA-Winterthur, Dr. Christoph Gall, shares valuable lessons learned about starting an EA program and how to derive continuous benefits.
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Video: Karsten Struck, Head of IT Strategy at Deutsche Bahn, discusses how his IT organization has matured since introducing collaborative planning and IT governance processes with the help of planningIT.
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Video: Hans Mörtl, Manager of Daimler’s IT Processes, Methods & Technologies, discusses how Daimler successfully leverages planningIT to set the right priorities and evolve from a service provider to an integrated business partner.

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