StartSmart’s IT strategy consulting helps businesses align technology with their overall objectives to achieve goals, gain a competitive edge, and drive growth. Our Consultants analyze a company’s current IT infrastructure, identify areas for improvement, and develop a roadmap for implementing new technologies and optimizing existing systems. This process is crucial for managing digital transformation, enhancing efficiency, and leveraging technology as a strategic asset.
What our IT strategy consultants do:
- Assess current systems: Evaluate the existing IT infrastructure, including hardware, software, and processes, to identify strengths and weaknesses.
- Align technology with business goals: Ensure that a company’s IT investments and initiatives directly support its overarching business strategy and objectives.
- Develop strategic roadmaps: Create a phased plan for technology improvements, including digital transformation initiatives, to guide the organization’s evolution.
- Optimize processes and efficiency: Streamline operations, enhance collaboration, and implement solutions that boost overall productivity through technology.
- Advise on technology decisions: Provide expert guidance on crucial decisions, such as adopting new technologies, selecting vendors, and integrating platforms.
- Manage risk and compliance: Help businesses manage IT risks and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
Key areas of focus
- Digital Transformation: Helping companies navigate large-scale changes to digitize operations and embrace new technologies.
- Cloud and AI: Advising on the adoption and strategic use of cloud services, AI, and other emerging technologies.
- Data and Analytics: Creating strategies to unlock the value of data for better decision-making and new product development.
- Enterprise Architecture: Redesigning IT architecture to be more efficient and future-proof.
Why businesses use our IT strategy consulting services
- Gain a competitive advantage: By using technology strategically, companies can outperform competitors.
- Improve efficiency and productivity: Streamlining IT systems leads to better performance and lower costs.
- Navigate complex technology landscapes: Experts guide businesses through the complexities of rapid technological change.
- Ensure technology supports business goals: They provide the link between IT investments and business outcomes.
StartSmart provides consulting and training services that help our clients envision, build and deploy a differentiated IT capability that creates shareholder value.
We have developed a practical, quantitative and easy to use framework and approach that can quickly cut over 10% off IT budgets and build IT ROI more…
Our clients have many options to use this framework to align their business with IT:
- Management Consulting Services: Our team can manage and execute the entire program – from assessment to implementation.
- Do it yourself: We provide training in IT Strategy and our frameworks so our clients can run the program on their own. This training can be delivered in person or online. Along the way, we can act as Subject Matter Experts to answer questions or help and facilitate the process in other ways.
Our Perspective
Why do some IT organizations create unprecedented shareholder value, while others earn the contempt of their business leaders?
It is no secret that aligning IT with business improves IT ROI, what is often in doubt is how to make it happen.
- Can you say with certainty that your IT is aligned with business?
- Can you prove it?
If improving IT ROI is an imperative for you, read on. This paper will show you how to improve ROI by 10% or more…and we can prove it!
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We have developed two training courses in IT Strategy:
- IT Strategy 101 Course: Learn the basics of IT Strategy
- IT Strategy Course: Learn to do develop IT Strategy