IT strategic planning can make -- or break -- an organization's efforts at establishing competitive advantage
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through the tactical use of technology resources. So, where's a CIO or IT executive
to start in generating or updating a concise IT
planning document to guide the organization in the years ahead?
SearchCIO.com has compiled a sampling of free IT strategic planning templates and examples available on the Web. Use these planning documents to craft one of your own, and turn today's IT organization into one built for the long haul.
SOURCE: CIO Index
OFFERING: This "issue-driven social network for CIOs" provides a simple IT strategic planning template that's intended to draw out business pain points
and objectives and reveal what an organization stands to gain by leveraging IT capabilities and
analyzing the needs of the customer.
SOURCE: California State University-Sacramento
OFFERING: This IT strategic planning document offers organizational planning models, processes
for strategic planning updates and sample strategic planning templates, as well as a thorough
discussion of the importance of these programs.
SOURCE: Brown University
OFFERING: Brown
University's five-year IT strategic plan is an excellent example of how to combine vision,
process and execution into an actionable document with defined, achievable goals.
SOURCE: Info-Tech Research Group
OFFERING: This free IT strategic plan template outlines simple, yet effective procedures for
building business strategies and initiatives and higher-level IT processes. (Registration is
required.)
Let us know what IT strategic planning templates work for you; email editor@searchcio.com.
This was first published in October 2012
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