This practical how-to book is written for business executives and IT leaders and their staffs to help the two sides dialogue and work together in order in identify their company's or non-profit association's business strategy and create together the IT/technology roadmap that can clearly support it. The other two main themes of this are both a practical introduction to the critical concept of Enterprise Architecture and of a Lean and Agile corporation and IT. The authors include two detailed case studies to illustrate topics presented in this book.
Preface
Part I : Setting The Stage
Chapter 1 : From Mission to Vision to Business Model
Chapter 2 : A More In-Depth Discussion on Corporate Strategy Formulation
Chapter 3 : What Do We Mean by Agile and Lean?
Part II : From Business Strategy to Technology Roadmap : Introduction to Enterprise Architecture
Chapter 4 : An Introduction to Business Strategy and Technology Alignment
Chapter 5 : A More Detailed Review of Enterprise Architecture
Part III : From Corporate Strategy to an Agile and Lean Technology Roadmap : The Formulation Process
Chapter 6 : A High Level Process Overview
Chapter 7 : A More Detailed Review of The Roadmap Formulation Process
Chapter 8 : From A Business Unit’s IT Roadmap to an Enterprise-Wide IT Roadmap
Part IV : From Technology Roadmap Formulation to Execution
Chapter 9 : Strategy is Execution
Chapter 10 : IT And Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activities
Chapter 11 : The Business Case for a New Business Technology Project
Chapter 12 : Change Management Parting Thoughts
Part V : Case Studies
Chapter 13 : Commercial Case Study : "All About Hatware"
Chapter 14 : Non-Profit Case Study : "US Against Illiteracy"
Appendices
Index
