IT STRATEGY Design & Implementation COURSE OVERVIEW IT STRATEGY Design & Implementation CHITTARANJAN JENA

LECTURE 1&2 LEARNING WHY IT MATTERS NOW A DAYS AND THE STRATEGIC NATURE OF IT FUNDAMENTALS OF IT STRATEGY ONCE THE ABOV IS LEARNED WE PROCEED TO LEARN THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS BUILDING AN IT STRATEGY FOR THE ORGANISATION LECTURE 3&4 BUSINESS AND IT STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT LEARNING WHY BUSINESS AND IT IN AN ORGANISATION SHOULD BE ALIGNED HOW IT SHOULD PICK UP THE REQUIREMENTS FROM BUSINESS CHALLENGES FACED ONCE IT DOES THE ABOVE WITH BUSINESS, IT WILL COME OUT WITH A PORTFOLIO OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ORGANISATION ALIGNED TOWARDS THE BUSINESS STRATEGY LECTURE 5&6 STRATEGIC IT PLANNING COMING OUT WITH THE PORTFOLIO OF REQUIREMENTS VARIOUS APPROACHES PROS AND COS BEST PRACTICES

ONCE THE PORTFOLIO IS MADE, MOTIVATION FACTORS FOR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE LECTURE 7&8 ORGANSIATIONAL FLEXIBILITY NOW TIME HAS COME TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AND FOCUS ON THE APPLICATIONS TO BE DEPLOYED LECTURE 9&10 IT APPLICATION STRATEGY THE APPLICATIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THE ORGANISATION AND A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING AROUND IT IS A MUST OUTSORCING IS THE NORM WHEN IT COMES TO APPLICATION DEV OR MAINTENANCE LECURE 11 &12 OUTSOURCING STRATEGY THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER YOU ARE A CLIENT OR VENDOR

LECTURE 13& 14 DISCUSSION REGARDING INDUSTRY TRENDS, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES – CLOUD, B BIG DATA, SOCIAL MEDIA et al. IMPACT ON BUSINESS, HOW TO CATER FOR VARIOUS ‘EVENTS’ OCCURING ET AL WHETHER TO BUILD OR BUY(OUTSORUCE), RETURN ON INVESTMENT MODELLING IS A MUST FOR DECISION MAKING LECTURE 15&16 RoI DISCUSSION MODELLING A SIMPLE SITUATION OF APPLICATION DEV/OPERATIONS/OUTSOURCING ONCE APPLICATION IS IN PLACE (OR PRIOR TO THAT), CHANGE MANAGEMENT IS A MUST HAVE BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT THE WAY PEOPLE WILL WORK LECTURE 17& 18 STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING IT LED CHANGE/CHANGE MANAGEMENT LECTURE 19&20 PROJECT PRESENTATION IT WATCH PRESENTATION

CASE STUDIES The case studies and case presentations are aligned towards understanding the concept and apply those concepts to solve the case studies. IT Watch It’s an assignment that the students do through out the course to keep themselves aware about the recent development in technology and how impacts the business

EVALUATION QUIZ : 2x10 = 20 Marks Case Study Presentation (Group Work) = 20 Marks IT Watch (Individual, including presentation) = 20 Marks End Term = 40 Marks TOTAL MARKS = 100