Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
Linking IT to business priorities.
- A proven process for IT strategy.
- Aligning IT strategy to business priorities.
- Strategic domains and objectives.
- Looking for a better way — optimizing IT strategy.
- Composing and communicating the plan.
Optics include advanced project, program & portfolio management
- Validating project business cases.
- IT project management wisdom.
- Effective project governance and reporting.
- Project portfolio management guidelines.
- Guidelines for successful change projects.
IT communicating technology
- The art of communicating technology.
- Presenting IT to non-technical audiences.
- Creating a compelling technology message.
- Handling difficult (IT) situations.
- Business relationship scenarios.
Project Initializing and Planning
- Appraising IT project investments – tangible and intangible quantification techniques.
- Decomposing a project (business) need.
- Developing the IT Requirements.
- Developing the Project Schedule.
- Estimating and agreeing the project resources.
- Analysing the project plan.
Commercial acumen
- The art of good commercial decisions.
- Getting the most from IT partners.
- Contract guidelines for successful IT.
- Delivering better negotiated outcomes.
- Negotiating as a team.
