Build and Deliver an Optimized IT Update Presentation
- IT update presentation success comes with understanding the business and the needs of your stakeholders. It often takes time and effort to get it right.
- Many IT updates are too technically focused and do not engage nor demonstrate value in the eyes of the business.
- This is not the time to boast about technical metrics that lack relevance.
- Too often IT updates are prepared without the necessary pre-discussions required to validate content and hone priorities.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- CIOs need to take charge of the IT value proposition, increasing the impact and strategic role of IT.
- Use your IT update to focus decisions, improve relationships, find new sources of value, and drive credibility.
- Evolve the strategic partnership with your business using key metrics to help guide the conversation.
Impact and Result
- Build and deliver an IT update that focuses on what is most important.
- Achieve the buy-in you require while driving business value.
- Gain clarity on your scope, goals, and outcomes.
- Validate IT’s role as a strategic business partner.
Build and Deliver an Optimized IT Update Presentation Research & Tools
Start here – read the Executive Brief
Read our Executive Brief to find out how an optimized IT update presentation is your opportunity to drive business value.Review Info-Tech’s methodology and understand how we can support you in completing this project.Besides the small introduction, subscribers and consulting clients within this management domain have access to:
- Build and Deliver an Optimized IT Update Presentation – Phases 1-3
1. Scope and goals
Confirm the “why” of the IT update presentation by determining its scope and goals.
- Build and Deliver an Optimized IT Update Presentation – Phase 1: Scope and Goals
2. Assess and build
Confirm the “what” of the presentation by focusing on business requirements, metrics, presentation creation, and stakeholder validation.
- Build and Deliver an Optimized IT Update Presentation – Phase 2: Assess and Build
- IT Update Stakeholder Interview Guide
- IT Metrics Prioritization Tool
3. Deliver and inspire
Confirm the “how” of the presentation by focusing on engaging your audience, getting what you need, and creating a feedback cycle.
- Build and Deliver an Optimized IT Update Presentation – Phase 3: Deliver and Inspire
- IT Update Open Issues Tracking Tool
Workshop: Build and Deliver an Optimized IT Update Presentation
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
1 Scope, Goals, and Requirements
The Purpose
Determine the IT update’s scope and goals and identify stakeholder requirements
Key Benefits Achieved
IT update scope and goals
Business stakeholder goals and requirements
Activities
1.1 Determine/validate the IT update scope
1.2 Determine/validate the IT update goals
1.3 Business context analysis
1.4 Determine stakeholder needs and expectations
1.5 Confirm business goals and requirements
Outputs
Documented IT update scope
Documented IT update goals
Validated business context
Stakeholder requirements analysis
Confirmed business goals and requirements
2 Validate Metrics With Business Needs
The Purpose
Analyze metrics and content and validate against business needs
Key Benefits Achieved
Selection of key metrics
Metrics and content validated to business needs
Activities
2.1 Analyze current IT metrics
2.2 Review industry best-practice metrics
2.3 Align metrics and content to business stakeholder needs
Outputs
Identification of key metrics
Finalization of key metrics
Metrics and content validated to business stakeholder needs
3 Create an optimized IT update
The Purpose
Create an IT update presentation that is optimized to business needs
Key Benefits Achieved
Optimized IT update presentation
Activities
3.1 Understand the audience and how to best engage them
3.2 Determine how to present the pertinent data
3.3 IT update review with key business stakeholders
3.4 Final edits and review of IT update presentation
3.5 Pre-presentation checklist
Outputs
Clarity on update audience
Draft IT update presentation
Business stakeholder feedback
Finalized IT update presentation
Confirmation on IT update presentation readiness