The document discusses Strategic Forty2's IT strategic planning process called the Strategic Forty2. The process uses industry-leading tools to understand business objectives, assess current IT assets, and plan projects to strengthen technologies and fill gaps. It breaks the process into 5 key aspects: business-IT alignment, application direction, technical infrastructure development, IT organization direction, and an IT strategic investment and value roadmap. Each aspect uses supporting tools to develop the IT strategy and link projects to business value. The process results in a plan to design systems that address strategic imperatives and ensure IT investment alignment with long-term business needs.

1. The Strategic Forty2
IT Strategic Planning
process

2. Why is Strategic Planning important?
 Business strategies and objectives are increasingly dependent on IT
to be successful. An IT Strategy must lay out a roadmap and plan for
investment to establish the systems, infrastructure and services
necessary for the business to achieve long-term objectives.
 Assessing how well current IT assets and capabilities are positioned
to support business goals will reveal application, infrastructure and
organizational strengths, weaknesses and gaps.
 A well formulated strategy will directly link IT projects and initiatives
to sources of future business value.
 Business leaders will understand IT’s priorities and how those
priorities are aligned with business direction.
 The IT organization will have a clear picture of what systems and
services are needed, when and how they will contribute to the
success of the company.

3. What’s offered in the Strategic Forty2
process?
 We use a complete set of industry leading IT Strategy tools.
 Structured to be able to pick and choose individual tools as required
to meet current needs, or partially completed projects/undertakings.
 A proven methodology for tackling strategic planning.
 The process can be broken into parallel streams – utilizing in-house
resources where applicable – to expedite the conclusion.
 The deliverable is an assessment of current applications, technical
infrastructure and organizational capabilities providing the necessary
insights and foundations to design aligned strategic programs and
initiatives to address strategic business imperatives, strengthen
existing assets, fill gaps and ensure IT investment alignment to meet
the long-term business needs of the business.

4. The Strategic Forty2 process will:
Understand
 Clearly articulate business objectives and strategies and the role IT must
play in achieving them
 Scan the marketplace for information technologies that can offer new
value or competitive advantage to the company
 Communicate how IT will contribute strategic value for the foreseeable
future
Assess
 Evaluate how well current applications are positioned to meet strategic
business needs
 Identify gaps in application functionality that are critical to future plans
 Forecast how the technical infrastructure will need to change to meet
future demands
 Appraise the IT organization – its ability to deliver the systems and
services needed to meet company priorities

5. Plan
 Define the projects and initiatives needed to strengthen and improve
existing technologies and fill in strategic gaps
 Link these projects to sources of business value to build the case for
investment
 Lay out the roadmap that determines the key commitments that IT will
meet in supporting business strategies
The Strategic Forty2 process will:

6. The 5 key aspects of the process…
with supporting IT Strategy development tools at every step
1) Business – IT Strategic Alignment
 Stakeholder Guideline and Analysis
 IT Strategy and Roadmap Scope Statement
 Kickoff Meeting Template
 Technology Monitor
 Business Executive Interview Guide
 Assessing Enterprise Strategy
 Enterprise Strategy and Goals
 Key Success Factors Analysis Tool
 IT Imperatives
 IT Vision Meeting Agenda
 IT Vision and Mission Statement Template

7. 2) Application Direction
 Application Topology
 Business Function and Application Assessment Tool
 Application Direction Migration Strategy Guide
 Application Improvement Opportunity
3) Technical Infrastructure Development
 Infrastructure Components
 Network Diagram Primer
 Network Diagram Template
 Infrastructure Assessment
 Technical Infrastructure Direction
 Infrastructure Improvement Opportunity
 Infrastructure Prioritization
The 5 key aspects of the process…
with supporting IT Strategy development tools at every step

8. 4) IT Organization Direction
 IT Staffing Worksheet
 IT Skills Inventory
 Irregular IT Staff Inventory
 Staff Level Allocation
 IT Skills Inventory Tool: Light Version
 IT-Business Interaction Model
 IT Service Model Alignment
 IT Organization Gaps
 Statement of Organization and Capability Direction
 Organization and Capability Improvement Opportunity Template
The 5 key aspects of the process…
with supporting IT Strategy development tools at every step

9. 5) IT Strategic Investment and Value Roadmap
 Analysis of Available Options
 Option Evaluation Tool
 Current IT Projects
 IT Strategy and Roadmap Scope Statement
 Initiative Description Template
 Initiative Prioritization Tool
 Guide to Documenting Your Strategic Roadmap
 IT Strategy Budget Impact
 Business Case Template
 Communications Plan Template
 Strategic Plan Presentation
 Strategic Plan Template
 Executive Meeting Agenda
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The 5 key aspects of the process…
with supporting IT Strategy development tools at every step

10. The Strategic Forty2 Virtual Chief Information Officer (VCIO)
Strategic Forty2 International Limited (S42), is a dynamic information technology services organization
headquartered in Hong Kong, PRC. Virtual CIO’s for S42 act in the capacity of part-time, ‘senior’ or interim
CIO’s for client organizations. This offering directly determines the technology innovation required to meet the
strategic long-term goals and manage all functions of S42’s select customers’ information technology estate. As
adjunct, existing CIO’s or IT Department Heads are afforded mentoring and advisory services. As adjunct,
retained IT Steering Committee positions are undertaken upon request.
The activities undertaken include ensuring the total cost of providing the business with the IT function (Global IT
TCO) is clearly understood and appropriately accounted for with a view to ensuring business alignment and
management of the IT Budget/Spend and parallel IT expenditure(s); the proper functioning of information
processing systems to support the business; recommending and managing upgrades of both real and virtual
assets; the implementation &/or refinement of the business analysis function; ensuring documentation of policies
and procedures to achieve compliance; the implementation of tailored, proven, comprehensive Systems
Development Life Cycle Programs (SDLC); the establishment of effective Program Management Offices (PMO)
resulting in solid, timely and appropriately delivered applications solutions that reflect business priorities; and
underpinning it all, IT organizational and capability assessment and improvement strategies.
The VCIO identifies, recommends, develops, implements, and supports total solutions in agreement with the
client that match and support the strategic business goals and imperatives of the client. To this end, a complete
international standard IT Strategic Planning process is provided.
For more information or a confidential discussion regarding how we can assist your
company, please call John Dickson in Hong Kong on +852 9048 7121 or e-mail
johndickson@netvigator.com.
Strategic Forty2 International Limited