Information Technology Strategy template

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IT STRATEGY
<PROJECT NAME>
COMPANY NAME
STREET ADDRESS
CITY, STATE ZIP CODE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction...........................................................................................................................3
1.1 Executive Summary......................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Authorization.................................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Background...................................................................................................................................................3
1.4 Confidentiality...............................................................................................................................................4
2. Strategic Assessment........................................................................................................5
2.1 Internal Factors..............................................................................................................................................5
2.2 External Factors.............................................................................................................................................5
2.3 Market Spaces...............................................................................................................................................6
2.4 Strategic Industry Factors..............................................................................................................................6
2.5 Objectives......................................................................................................................................................7
3. IT Strategy...........................................................................................................................8
3.1 Perspective....................................................................................................................................................8
3.2 Strategic Themes...........................................................................................................................................8
3.3 Required IT Capabilities and resources........................................................................................................8
3.4 IT Strategy Plan.............................................................................................................................................8
3.5 Patterns of Action..........................................................................................................................................9
4. Annex.................................................................................................................................10
4.1 Glossary.......................................................................................................................................................10
4.2 Bibliography................................................................................................................................................10
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1. Introduction
The use of technology and ICT in the different fields of industry is increasing. In this
situation the use of the smart technology in the University can make the education system
of the university more flexible. The main objective of this discussion is to discuss about the
use of ICT and other emerging technologies in the field of knowledge sharing and the
education system.
1.1 Executive Summary
In order to implement the advanced ICT and emerging technologies in the Education
system of XYZ university some of the missions and visions have taken into order. The
main objective is to implement the proposed ICT technology for XYZ university within
2025. In order to do this the scope and the challenges of the implementation are needed to
be mentioned.
The vision and mission are as follow:
 Vision: IT service unit can be considered as the main source of IT services. The
advanced IT service and the use of the emerging technology will help to give the
University a competitive advantage over other universities.
 Mission: The proposed IR service based on the emerging technology will help to
serve the students with interactive sessions. Apart from that The functionality of the
university and managing the information for the university will become helpful.
The IT Strategy Plan calls for:
 Proposing a plan that will serve the university with high quality service.
 During the implementation the licensed software will be used.
 The improvement and the modification of the infrastructure will be done.
 The initialization of the innovative plans can be done through this implementation.
1.2 Authorization
This document is authorized and agreed by the following key executives and stakeholders:
Name Position
Georg Smith CEO
Henry Doe CIO
Richard White Principal
1.3 Background
XYZ university is an renowned university well known for its quality courses. The
university is concerned about the problems of the students and the process of providing the
lessons to the students. It has been seen that at the present years , the university feels the
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need of using the advanced ICT system such as internet of things and the artificial
intelligence along with the . different audio visual medium while teaching the students. The
management of the university has noticed that many of the universities are using
technology in sharing the knowledge. From this point of the view, the university authority
has proposed to implement an interactive ICT session that will enable the students to learn
in more interesting way. The responsibility of the implementation has been given to the
CIO of the university. The deadline for the compilation of the implementation is 2025.
1.4 Confidentiality
The strategy for making and implementing the IT system in the university is partially
confidential document. However, some of the points and the factors of the IT strategy
document are needed to be known to the stakeholders of the university. This also includes
the student of the university.
The overview of the implemented system and its significance of its implementation can be
described to the stakeholders of the organization. Apart from that the justification of the
implementation of new system along with its advantage can be described in the document.
This will also include the mission and the vision of the implementation.
However, the technical details of the implementation of the whole system should be
confidential. Apart from that the information of the university those are used in the
implementation of the system should be kept confidential.
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