As the CFO or Financial Manager in your organization, you work closely with your IT team to keep current with the latest technology and control costs. Planning the IT budget is especially challenging since developing technologies always promise to improve productivity and cut costs. But has your organization taken the time to evaluate past technology projects to measure the outcomes of implementation?
Business Process Analysis
There is a different way to approach IT planning. Through objective
The process of analyzing current business processes doesn’t have to be overly complex. We have found considerable value in bringing key stakeholders into a room and white boarding department processes to identify problem areas. Make sure to get feedback from people actually doing the work to ensure end results are truly understood. There are incredible opportunities for organizations that are willing to rethink processes from the beginning.
Technology Investment
Once you have defined the processes and the outcomes, you can look at the fundamentals. What technology will help you differentiate your business, provide valuable information to customers and manage your employees more efficiently? Answering these questions will help you find the right products and services for your needs.
This process is clearly more challenging than it sounds. “The way we always did it” is often a difficult hurdle to overcome.
Take the lead in a new approach for your organization.
Find out how you can do a better job of matching your technology plans to your business priorities. Contact Steve Kane at 301-634-2404 (skane@broadpoint.net) at BroadPoint Technologies,