Short: L1+2 Flashcards
between organization and application/architecture
- innovation
- role of CIO
- strategic alignment
Between application/architecture and skills/resources
- standard vs. individual software
Decoupling via products. Name the decoupling points
- Demand pattern: define current and future demands
- Product portfolio: develop a demand-specific product portfolio
- Factory: establish automated processes
Spinning off explain
- you increase performance
- set up internal IT provider as an independent company with P&L
- Expectations are finance, state-of-the-art, performance pressure, separation of concerns
Explain outsourcing in terms of:
- state-of-the-art
- financials
- performance pressure
- state-of-the-art: focus on core business
- financials: cost reduction by economies of scale
- performance pressure: fixed contractual terms
key topics of IT governance
- Establishment of objectives
- decision making
- culture
- compliance
Name examples of the inherent goal conflicts between individual interests and common interests and how they can be solved
Individual interests:
- personal supplier relationship
- prestige projects
- non-transparency in case of failure
common interests:
- central purchasing
- value prioritization of projects
- transparency
-> transparency, risk and quality management
3 typical governance processes
- portfolio management: prioritization of initatives
- data management: ensure data quality
- architecture management: integrity of application landscape
Name two characteristics of effectiveness and two of efficiency and how they want to achieve success
effectiveness:
- IT as enabler
- trend: divisionalized structure
–> success through customer focus
efficiency:
- outsourcing
- cost pressure
–> success through industrialization
Through which contributions does the CIO move closer to the business side?
Innovation –> Business/ IT alignment
Integrity –> Design standards
Efficiency –> Outsourcing
Phases of portfolio management process
Idea generation: business or IT initialized
Project Portfolio evaluation: cost-benefit analysis
Scenario Development: determination of critical constraints
Portfolio approval: enactment roadmap
What do you do if there is a large overlap between project scopes?
You re-cut the project scope to eliminate redundancy. You create a separate project.
Explain the Strategic Alignment Model (SAM)
You have two vertical levels:
- strategy
- infrastructure
–> Strategic fit
You have two horizontal levels: Business and IT
–> Functional integration
