IT-Strategie

Create an IT strategy for your company with this book. In seven sequential steps, this book presents the development of an IT strategy for manufacturing companies, with the possibility of practical implementation through pre-prepared worksheets. It covers all relevant topics for an IT strategy, from deriving the IT strategy from the corporate strategy to creating the application and sourcing strategy. The role of IT within the company and the role of the CIO are examined in depth, and the Demand/Supply model is presented in detail as the organizational structure. The reader will learn how to translate the IT strategy into a roadmap for implementation, utilize a portfolio for project management, and use a specially developed IT strategy cockpit to implement and control the goals of the IT strategy.

The second edition places a stronger emphasis on digitalization. This edition focuses on manufacturing companies to address the industry-specific focus of any IT strategy. It also considers the distinction between digitalization and digitalization strategies and includes additional explanations of agile methods, DevOps, and bi-modal IT structures. As a result, the existing 7-step concept for developing an IT strategy has become more focused and has addressed current issues in the rapidly evolving fields of IT and digitalization.

The book concentrates on the following areas regarding the creation of IT strategies:

• Fundamentals of IT strategy and differentiation from a digitalization strategy
• Reasons for an IT strategy
• Current analysis of IT
• Analysis of corporate strategy
• IT application strategy
• Sourcing strategy
• IT organization and IT governance
• Practical implementation: budgeting, IT roadmap, and IT project portfolio
• Monitoring and controlling the IT strategy with the IT strategy cockpit.