Proposal LavaCon 2015: Building a Business Case
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This document outlines a session on building a business case for content initiatives and strategies. The session will teach attendees how organizational positioning can impact getting management approval and funding. It will also provide lessons on how to construct a business case, including using metrics and case studies, to obtain resources for content-related projects. The speaker is the president of a staffing agency and director of a conference who has experience in career development.
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1. The document discusses three ways to make taxonomy development more effective: considering next steps in design; taking into account team and technology capabilities; and thinking strategically before design.
2. It provides examples from projects where lessons were learned about understanding stakeholder needs, educating others about taxonomy, and ensuring technology capabilities support the taxonomy.
3. Thinking strategically involves doing research, identifying possibilities and conditions needed, barriers, and efforts to overcome barriers in order to support business goals with the taxonomy.
The learning deck
The Learning Deck provides hybrid learning solutions through various methods like virtual classrooms, self-paced learning, practical projects, social sharing, and an adaptive learning management system. It is led by Chief Advisor Lakshmi and Sr. Consultant Deepa, who have extensive experience in learning and development. The Learning Deck's approach involves understanding training needs, designing relevant content, delivering training through subject matter experts, and ensuring effective knowledge transfer and post-training support. Its expertise covers topics such as cloud computing, AI/ML, programming, testing, and soft skills.
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Part 1.
· How can information technology support a company’s business processes and decision making and give it a competitive advantage? Give examples to illustrate your answer.
· How does the use of the Internet, intranets, and extranets by companies today support their business processes and activities?
· How can a manager demonstrate that he or she is a responsible end user of information systems? Give several examples.
Part 2.
Disaster Recovery "How important are your data to you?" "What would happen if . . . ?" While business managers focus on solving business problems and determin- ing what their information systems should do, di- saster recovery consultants ask what would happen if things go wrong. With careful advanced planning, disaster recovery specialists help their clients prevent calamity. While this topic covers a wide variety of software issues, installation configuration issues, and security threats, examining common end-user mistakes may also prove enlightening. Common end-user mistakes include:
a. Failure to save work in progress frequently.
b. Failure to make a backup copy. c. Storing original and backup copies in the same location.
For each of the common end-user mistakes listed above, answer the following questions.
a. How might this mistake result in data loss?
b. What procedures could you follow to minimize this risk?
SOLAR FEEDER ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
· What problems do you see at SDI? What issues does management need to address? What do you see as the central problem/issue?
· Is SDI close to achieving a breakeven volume of sales?
· What is SDI’s present strategy? Is the strategy working? Are fundamental changes needed?
· What strategic plan would you suggest SDI pursue to make a success out of its Solar Feeder product? Your recommended plan should include a strategic vision for SDI, a set of strategic and financial objectives, a detailed strategy, and a set of action recommendations to implement and execute the strategy.
A Guide to
Case Analysis
I keep six honest serving men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When;
And How and Where and Who.
— Rudyard Kipling
A Guide to Case Analysis2
In most courses in strategic management, students use cases about actual companies to practice strategic
analysis and to gain some experience in the tasks of crafting and implementing strategy. A case sets forth, in
a factual manner, the events and organizational circumstances surrounding a particular managerial situation.
It puts readers at the scene of the action and familiarizes them with all the relevant circumstances. A case on
strategic management can concern a whole industry, a single organization, or some part of an organization;
the organization involved can be either profi t seeking or not-for-profi t. The essence of the student’s role
in case analysis is to diagnose and size up the situation described in the case and then to recommend
appropriate action steps.
Why Use Ca.
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Proposal LavaCon 2015: Building a Business Case
- 1. Building a Business Case for Content Initiatives by @JackMolisani
- 2. Do you think it’s obvious that investing in content strategy/content management now will save your company money in the long run? Are you frustrated when Management doesn’t instantly agree? Building a business case for resources can be challenging, especially if you have few (if any) credible industry metrics to quote. This session includes case studies, metrics, and hard-won lessons learned about how to build a business case to fund content initiatives.
- 3. Session type: Breakout In this session, attendees will learn: • How organizational positioning affects your ability to get management buy-in and funding • How to build a business case for needed resources • How to get metrics to use in your business case
- 4. About the Speaker President ProSpring Technical Staffing Executive Director The LavaCon Conference Author Be the Captain of Your Career