Strategic planning management
AssigneeWachovia Corporation
InventorsSteven D. Clement, Patricia Snow
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Abstract
An information technology (IT) strategic management system (and corresponding methodology) that enhances efficiency and effectiveness of IT planning processes and projects is provided. In particular aspects, the systems commence with a review of current IT state and strategy influencers. The state is analyzed to establish (or alternatively, to update) a strategy summary. The strategy summary can be presented for leadership approval and subsequently communicated to stakeholders for deployment.
Claims20
A system that facilitates strategic IT (information technology) planning, comprising:
- an assessment component that reviews a current business state;
- an analysis component that evaluates the current business state and establishes a focus strategy;
- and
- a summary manager component that employs the focus strategy to facilitate aggregation of information;
- where a subset of the information establishes a strategy summary.
A computer-implemented method of strategically planning IT, comprising:
- reviewing current state of a business scenario by way of a user interface (UI);
- reviewing a plurality of strategy influencers that relate to the business scenario via the UI;
- analyzing the current state based upon a subset of the strategy influencers, wherein the analysis reveals a plurality of findings and priorities;
- and
- creating a strategy summary based at least in part upon a subset of the findings or priorities.
A computer-executable system, comprising:
- means for establishing a current state of a business function based at least in part upon a plurality of strategy influencers;
- means for determining a primary focus based at least in part upon the current state;
- and
- means for one of creating or updating a strategy summary as a function of the primary focus of the business function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.