FOR COMPANIES WANTING TO IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS PERFORMANCE, HAVING COORDINATION BETWEEN THEIR BUSINESS STRATEGY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) STRATEGY IS CRITICAL TO ENSURE THAT THE FULL BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS ARE REALIZED.

Many times business strategy will call for new technology or for expanded use of proven technology. Unfortunately, smooth coordination between business needs and IT delivery is not always the case. The IT staff members tend to have goals not defined in business terms and have motivators, values and incentives that differ significantly from their business division counterparts. How can a company ensure that the activities of the IT department will support the strategic needs of the business going forward?

Rock River Solutions has found that developing an IT Strategy drives the linkage between Business and IT needed to accomplish business objectives and to improve performance. Our Business and IT Strategy offering contains the following services that ensure all perspectives are aligned.

• Assess the performance of how well different departments use a particular technology
• Identify and implement critical standards needed to support the business strategy
• Develop and implement a process to prioritization IT projects
• Identify and facilitate solutions to business culture issues impacting enterprise-wide projects
• Identify and implement use of high impact performance metrics
• Develop strategies to address shortages and surpluses of IT resources
• Resolve gaps between business objectives and IT capabilities