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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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