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IT Vision and Principles

F2

Develop the IT vision statement, building on a keen awareness of the business and technology environments. Inspire, direct, and closely monitor the formulation of the long-term scope and objectives of IT value generation (IT vision), and derive high-level guidelines for the development of hardware and software infrastructure and services (IT design principles).

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for IT Vision and Principles at each level of maturity.

3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Prepare a matrix linking significant IT investment to specific business goals.
    Outcome
    This enables preparation of cost benefit statements.
    Metrics
    • # of investments included in the map.
    • # of specific business goals included in the map.
    • % of the total IT investment that is accounted for by linked investments in the map.
  • Practice
    Undertake an analysis of those factors which provoke challenges to IT's authority in the matter of design principles.
    Outcome
    This enables a better understanding of obstacles to achieving compliance with design principles.
    Metric
    Levels of compliance with the design principles.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Rank capabilities in the current IT vision statement in order of investment priority — e.g. focus on market agility, then innovation etc.
    Outcome
    This provides guidance to planners when faced with investment choices.
    Metric
    # of capabilities on the ranked list.
  • Practice
    Institute an architecture and standards council comprising members of IT and the business community.
    Outcome
    This enables a higher degree of compliance with design principles.
    Metric
    # of incidents of non-compliance with standards.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Research case studies where IT emerged as the key strategic backbone of the business (e.g. sponsor a PhD student).
    Outcome
    This enables ready access to exemplars when considering opportunities for the strategic deployment of IT.
    Metric
    # of case studies reviewed by IT leadership.
  • Practice
    Research and publish the arguments (including financial benefits) for the development of IT design principles in the context of the organization and the industry.
    Outcome
    This promotes buy-in to the principles of standards compliance.
    Metrics
    • Extent of standards compliance within the organization.
    • Extent of standards compliance (generally) within the industry.