Information Communications and Technology (ICT)
Strategy
The Need for ICT Strategy
All modern organisations experience an abundance of choice in
ICT vendors, services and solutions. At the same time, their
internal business needs and external drivers are constantly
evolving. A well structured, solid ICT strategy provides the clear
and unambiguous guidance to executives and managers on the choices
they need to take to ensure their organisation can deliver current
and future services in a cost-effective, secure and integrated
fashion.
VEGA’s approach to ICT Strategy
VEGA prides itself on delivering our clients
with a focussed, evidence-based strategy which clearly sets out the
future direction in an achievable fashion and includes a
step-by-step action plan to realise it. Our inclusive and
collaborative approach to strategy development promotes stakeholder
buy-in, which is key to the success of any strategy.
We have a long history of driving benefits
throughout client organisations, by demonstrating options, exposing
costs and benefits, and providing key insights to senior
stakeholders, allowing them to understand and implement the best
option.
We regularly
work with some of the most exacting clients in Government, Defence
and Public Sector including Police and NHS. Based on our
experience, we have developed a well-defined, modular and
low-impact approach to developing and delivering strategies. Within
each module we offer options on the depth and range of activities
undertaken. This offers you the opportunity to tailor the
engagement to suit your organisation and both your timescales and
your budget.
The key stages of our approach are:
Baseline Review
Through a baseline review, we engage with our
clients to understand the current technical, commercial and
management provision of ICT in their organisation. This provides
the strategy with up-to-date evidence on where the organisation is,
and enabling the client to answer the question of ‘where are we
now?’.
Requirements Discovery
Requirements discovery is designed to extract
the key current and future requirements of an organisation, across
a range of stakeholders. These can be specified in terms of
capability, organisation, OPEX / CAPEX and opportunity for savings,
and overall priority. The requirements will be used to drive both
the strategy options selection, and the ultimate action plan.
Options Development and Analysis
Using the outputs of the first two stages,
combined with our market knowledge and other techniques, VEGA will
define and analyse the options to meet your needs, along with
rankings of how they meet them. The options are presented for
review and refinement by senior stakeholders to select and ratify
the preferred option for development.
Strategy Development and Report
With the agreement of senior stakeholders on
the preferred option for each of the ‘threads’ to be included in
the strategy, VEGA will develop a full evidence-strategic
framework, describing the framework within which all current and
future ICT initiatives will be undertaken. After a final review by
senior stakeholders, the strategy will be delivered for publication
in the client’s preferred formats.
Action Plan
VEGA has a well deserved reputation as a
practical, can-do company. With this in mind, we work with senior,
operational and supplier stakeholders to understand the priorities,
interdependencies and critical success factors. We provide clients
with an action plan, setting out when and how current and future
ICT initiatives can be undertaken. This enables them to fast track
the implementation of the strategy, and achieve the benefits as
quickly as possible.
Contact VEGA for more information about
ICT Strategy