Curriculum
Our previous program's curriculum is listed here to help give you an idea of what the program offers. We'll post our October program as soon as it is finalized.
IT Strategy
The CIO as Chief Strategist—Know Where You Are Going!
- What is IT strategy?
- IT/Business strategic alignment
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- what it is
- why it's important
- how to achieve
- What is an IT strategic plan?
- How do you develop the plan?
- How do you keep it alive and relevant?
- Case exercises
- Take-aways
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- framework
- sample plan
Planning
Translating Strategy to Imperatives—What Stops Will You Make
- Turning IT strategy into an actionable plan
- Six quarter IT roadmap
- Managing the application portfolio
- Project execution, PM methodologies
- How and when to set up a PMO office
- Take-aways
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- IT roadmap sample
- PM methodology
IT Budget
IT Budgeting and Planning—Figure Out How to Get There
- Components of an IT budget
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- IT specific spending
- other technology spending
- Relating IT budgeting and reporting to business
- Objective tracking and reporting to the IT budget
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- IT cost center
- departmental cost centers and charges
- capital and depreciation charges
- Take-aways
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- budgeting spreadsheet
- outcome reporting module
- samples
IT Value
Communication Planning—Lead the Way There
- IT and executive leadership
- What value does IT provide the business?
- How is IT value communicated to the business?
- Managing IT investment to value
- Change management in IT
Governance
Executing to the Plan: IT Governance—Keeping It Real!
- What is Governance?
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- where are the boundaries
- to what level is your plan defined
- Who is responsible for governance
- Different models (ISACA, ITIL, ISO)
- Risk management (Risk/Cost) implications to organizational structure
- Processes, policies, procedures architecture
- Take-aways
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- policy and procedure documents
- governance meeting composition, announcements, agendas
M & A
Join the Party—Come on in the Water's Fine
- M&A transactions and IT role
- Overall methodology for effective M&A integration
- M&A best practices
- Take-aways
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- templates and checklists to support process
Hot Topic
IT Innovating for the Future—Where Do We Go Next?
- Green IT
- Cloud computing
- Frugal IT
