Understanding the Need for IT Strategic Planning and Management

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Understanding the Need for IT Strategic Planning
and Management

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• Chances of being involved in strategic IT
  planning and management are high for IT Managers
  during their careers. Strategic planning
  sometimes goes well, and sometimes they dont.
  Strategic plans are mostly filed away in cloud
  storage, are seldom referenced, and are rarely
  used.
• It leads us to inquire- if your strategic plan is
  not used by anyone, why bother creating it?
• There are several benefits of IT strategic
  planning, even though the plan is rarely used. In
  this blog, we will discuss the importance of
  having an IT Strategy and how it is beneficial
  for an organization.

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The key points to be looked at are-

• Defining IT Strategy
• What an IT Strategy doesnt do
• Main benefits of an IT Strategy

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Defining IT Strategy

• Successful IT Strategies
• It is equally important to understand what an IT
  strategy isnt as well as what it is. Successful
  IT strategies are-
• Strategic, not Tactical
• A strategic plan is a framework guiding a company
  in making decisions and implementing solutions
  that create meaningful value, support the
  strategy regarding business, and meet
  organizational goals.
• Its focus is on the IT vision, processes,
  organization, and infrastructure, the whats and
  whens of aligning IT with their business goals,
  and increasing the capability of IT.
• Dynamic, not Static
• An IT Strategy is a process and not a one-time
  event. Your strategy should be revised multiple
  times on a regular basis. A strategic plan should
  be allowed for updates such as Cloud Focused
  Managed IT Services, and it must be adaptable to
  the changes in the market. It must consider
  future circumstances and align its IT and
  business resources currently in order to support
  that vision.

• An IT strategy defines the individuals IT vision
  and creates a strategic roadmap for utilizing
  information technology, digital assets, and
  technical knowledge for creating organizational
  value (i.e., its strategy). It is the process
  that gets us thinking out of the box. It focuses
  on the crucial- not the urgent. An IT strategy
  creates a mechanism for accomplishing our most
  necessary goals.

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Benefits of an IT Strategy

• A well-conceived IT strategy offers the following
  benefits-
• Enables delegation of decision making
• Provides proactive and emergency response to
  change
• Provides parameters to think creatively
• A way to address shadow IT
• Communicating intentions for leadership

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Conclusion

• An IT strategic plan is one of the most valuable
  tools for communicating your intentions for
  senior leadership. High-level strategies are
  required by every senior leader in the
  organization.
• Having a well-documented plan which involves
  strategic IT planning and management permits you
  to have conversations with C-level executives
  regarding your goals.

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