IT funding is being squeezed. Yet IT Managers are being asked to do more with less. How can you meet your goals in this predicament? Here is a three step approach that will help you achieve the sweet spot of lower costs with higher business impact. You will: - Improve IT’s value to the business - Increase realization of return on investment - Improve delivery efficiency - Improve control of IT costs - Reduce risk - Improve user satisfaction �

1. IT Funding
 Getting the Funding you Need

2. Business Situation:
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Delivering Business Value
Cost Control - doing more with less
Managing risk
Increasing sales
Increasing customer retention
No funding for anything that does not CLEARLY
support these goals

3. Problem:
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Lack of IT funds to do the job
right

4. Implications:
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Potential for burnt out, highly frustrated people with high
staff turn-over
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Stressed at work, at home
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Never able to turn work off
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Putting out one fire after another without ever feeling that
you are getting ahead
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Business suffers as a result

5. You Need:
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A PLAN to get ahead of the issues
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But first you need to ...

6. Understand Where the Problem
Lies
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Disconnect between business and IT
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IT treated as an expense, not an asset
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IT left alone to
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IT not user friendly
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and more...
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which leads back to the problem...
play with its toys

7. How do you get the funding
you need?
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SOLUTION:
Become aligned with the goals of the business
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" Ties you directly to the business results
" Then you will get the funding to support the
initiatives!
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8. 3 Step Approach
1. Create IT Health Check
2. Create Portfolio Analysis
3. Address disconnects with one or more Methods of:
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Planning
Innovation
Prioritization
Alignment
Performance Measure

9. 1. IT Health Check
Past, Present and Future view of IT in your business
Delivery
Technology
Strategy
People
Systems

10. 2. Portfolio Analysis
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Vital key for decision making
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Allows us to manage our resources so we can make
informed decisions for planning purposes
Applications
Infrastructure
Management
Services
Information

11. 3. Methods
Prioritization
Innovation
Planning
Alignment
Performance
Measures

12. Goal
Image from: From Business Strategy to IT Action (Benson, Bugnitz, Walton)

13. 3. Methods
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Planning: Improved business and IT planning with appropriate
resource allocation
Innovation: New, innovative solutions may be developed as IT will
be brought into the annual planning cycle, again, helping the
company and its stakeholders succeed
Prioritization: Projects will be prioritized in line with corporate
objectives
Alignment: Business value will increase and cost of IT will be
controlled when both are aligned
" Cost may increase or decrease based on requirements, but the
costs will be aligned with business objectives

14. 3. Methods
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Performance measurements:
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Leading measures: Measure activities and processes that drive
results such as Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI)
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Lagging measure: Measure past performance, such as cost,
quality and service levels

15. Benefits
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Improve IT’s value to the business
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Increase realization of return on investment
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Improve delivery efficiency
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Improve control of IT costs
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Reduce risk
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Improve user satisfaction

16. Benefits
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Receive funding for projects that matter in the eyes of the
business
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IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE!!!

17. Contact Information
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Robert Narejko: 416 880-4040
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Rob@base22.com