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<p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:24px"><strong>IT Strategy Standard Requirements Toolkit</strong></span></span><br />
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<p style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:20px">Crucial Requirements:</span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Who leads mapping the current and future plan or roadmap for your organizations IT strategy, including the extent to which current and future strategic themes align with applicable acquisitions?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Is management assured of the fact that suitable IT resources, infrastructures and skills are available (including external resourcing) to meet the required organizational strategic objectives?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Where do you see the organizations ineffective alignment and execution of business strategy and IT strategy and what factors contributed to its failure? How do you mitigate these factors?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">How are key non-IT leaders (executive, legislative, judicial) consulted regarding specific business/mission drivers for the organization that IT investments are being asked to support?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Does your organization have an IT Strategy or Steering Group which carries the overall accountability for setting governance, direction, policy and strategy for IT Services?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Does your organization provide IT performance reports illustrating the value of IT from a business driver perspective (Customer Service, cost, agility, quality, etc.)?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">What strategic initiatives has executive management taken to manage IT's criticality relative to maintenance and growth of the organization, and are they appropriate?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Does IT successfully evaluate and pilot the application of new technologies, according to a set of predefined criteria, before committing to significant investments?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Does the approach account for organizational aspects of implementing strategies (e.g. responsibilities for implementation and anchor within existing organization)?</span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:15px">Is the backlog of projects that could improve market position, or competitiveness well-managed and prioritised in accordance with expected business payback or ROI?</span></span><br />
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