Two Speed IT: How Companies Can Surf the Digital Wave, a BCG Perspective
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Two Speed IT: How Companies Can Surf the Digital Wave, a BCG Perspective at Coursera Course details
- Transform or disappear, the Darwinism of IT: In order to adapt to a digital world, a two-speed IT is needed.
- Despite the importance of IT in today?s digital world, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) often struggle to get their voices heard by executive committees.
- Faced with this challenge, IT departments are being forced to reinvent themselves to adapt their companies to the fast paced evolution of technology. The Boston Consulting Group has developed a business approach that allows IT to shed off its appearance of a heavy cost center and to adopt a new, more realistic persona as a quality service provider, partnering with users and the management.
- Would you be a professional, a student in engineering, a student in a business schools or would you just be interested in digital transformation and its implications on IT, Learn with three BCG experts why and how to manage an IT department as a business in order to transform a company and adapt it to a digital world.
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Two Speed IT: How Companies Can Surf the Digital Wave, a BCG Perspective at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction
Introduction
Welcome!
About the Course
Syllabus
Suggested Readings
Slides
Extra Material
About Evaluations
Discussion with the authors
IT and the CIO in the Digital World
The Darwinism of IT
Three Big Challenges for the IT Department Today
The IT Department Is a Business in Itself
The CIO: Where Do We Stand Today?
The CIO Is a Business Manager
The CIO Sits at the Table of the Managers
The Five Different Roles of the CIO
Welcome to Module 2!
IT and the CIO in the Digital World
Steer the Balance Sheet
Introduction
Every IT Should Have a Strategic Plan
Measure How Much IT Can Spend With the Income Statement
Determine Timeframes With the Balance Sheet
Understand the System Dynamics
Manage Uncertainty
Key Takeaways
Welcome to Module 3!
Steer the Balance Sheet
Market and Sell Products
Introduction
The Architecture to Manage Tensions Ahead of Time
Manage the Clients' Expectations
Product and Service Offer
The Catalogue to Overcome Tensions About Products
Showcase Even on Small Stuff
Key Takeaways
Welcome to Module 4!
Market and Sell Products
Run the Factories
Introduction
The Three Factories of the IT Department
What Is an Efficient Factory?
Two-Speed IT
Project Management
Manage the Infrastructure
Key Takeaways
Welcome to Module 5!
Run the Factories
Manage Human Resources
Introduction
Building an IT Organization
How to Think About an IT Organization
A Right Workforce Composition Is a Must
Strategic Workforce Management
Outsourcing and Offshoring Strategies
Use Sociology to Build a Real-Life Organization
Key Takeaways
Welcome to Module 6!
Manage Human Resources
Transform or Disappear
Digital Big Bang
IT Departments Need to Change With the World
Create the Conditions for Change
Choose the Right Levers of Change
Drive the Transformation
Key Takeaways
Welcome to Module 7!
Transform or Disappear
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