Possible topics for an IT workshop

Here are some topics that can be discussed with varying degrees of emphasis during an IT strategy workshop:

Business strategy:

• Vision, strategy, goals
• Customers, products, competitors
• Technologies, core processes, suppliers
• Organization, business segments, locations
• Key performance indicators for 2008, 2009 and 2010
• IT requirements specified by management

Business processes:

• Sales and logistics
• Planning and production
• Maintenance
• Quality Management
• Purchasing
• Accounting
• Human resources

Applications:

• ERP applications, materials management, finance
• Logistics
• Production scheduling
• System control
• Personnel, HR, data processing
• CAD, CAM
• Workflows
• Archiving solutions
• Sales support

IT infrastructure:

• Locations, quantity structures
• Application systems, servers
• Production system, systems, CNC, storage systems, production data acquisition
• LAN and WAN networks
• Internet, e-mail, security
• Telephony
• EDI, Elster, Atlas, banking
• Office environment
• Standard systems (Novell, Windows)
• Printing
• Archiving systems
• Document management systems

IT management:

• IT processes
• Insourcing and outsourcing
• IT organization and personnel
• IT costs
• IT architectures and road maps

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