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Strategic planning must change with the times

N2Growth Blog

If you’re frustrated by your organization’s current strategic planning and execution processes or the outcomes from that work, you’re not alone. Whether they’re developed in-house or brought in by outside strategy firms, many strategy methodologies are of little value if they don’t keep up with the times.

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

CIO

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. These external factors can have a dramatic impact on business operations and strategic planning.

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Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

CIO

Business alignment is often heralded as a key tenet of successful IT strategies. Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts.

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7 ways an MBA will advance your IT career — and 5 ways it won’t

CIO

MBA programs can also help leaders hone their communication and negotiation skills while also improving their understanding of organizational behavior, strategic planning, and risk management through exposure to experienced peers and varied coursework,” Bhargava explains. Careers, IT Leadership, IT Skills

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO

The phases, processes and associated knowledge areas provide an organized approach for project managers and their teams to work through projects, according to the following outline: Initiating phase: Integration management: Develop project charter. Costs management: Estimate costs, determine budgets. Budget for surprises.

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4 Friendly Strategies for Federal Agencies

Invid Group

4 Friendly Strategies for Federal Agencies BY: INVID Navigating the intricate landscape of federal contracting while concurrently meeting diversity goals presents a significant challenge for many agencies. The constant demands of budget management, project execution, and citizen service provision can often overshadow diversity initiatives.

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Welcome to Strategic Planning 2.0

N2Growth Blog

As a strategy consultant, I have had the opportunity to review a lot of strategic plans over the years. It’s been truly amazing to discover just how many major organizations develop strategic plans that contain little more than a whole lot of budget estimates and revenue projections.