Strategy and Planning

 

“Preparation is everything. Noah did not start building the ark when it was raining.” 

Warren Buffett (b. 1930) U.S. C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway

 

 

What we know…

 

· IT budgets continue to shrink

· Businesses continue to ask IT to do more, and deliver faster

· IT resources are overworked

· Both customers and shareholders are demanding quality in the products and services that they are willing to pay for

 

Magellan Strategy and Planning services help businesses improve productivity, capacity and quality of IT product and service deliverables. Quality deliverables translate into enhanced customer satisfaction and shareholder value.

 

Our core services:

 

Strategy Navigator© 

Strategy Navigator© enables IT executives to “connect their vision to reality and then to results” in a practical and executable manner.

 

Almost all IT organizations have vision and mission statements but many have difficulty operationalizing them.  The Strategy Navigator© process was designed to help companies move from definition to execution of organizational goals and objectives.

 

Magellan Strategy Navigator© will help you:

Create an effective plan for your organization’s success

Discover your critical success factors and how to manage them

Define your key metrics and how to monitor them

Implement the appropriate processes to communicate and drive your vision to  results

 

 “Connecting Vision to Reality and Reality to Results.”

 

This process is a living, evolving examination of improvement and reexamination. It includes metrics (strategic, tactical and operational) as a critical component of enabling the CIO and IT organization to succeed in attaining their goals.

 

To aid in the visualization and execution of the IT organization’s vision and mission, this process creates a roadmap that links all of the key components of the strategic plan together.  It ensures a common understanding throughout the organization of what needs to be done and helps IT management focus on the right things and in the right sequence.

 

The Strategy Navigator© consists of the following components:

· Strategy Navigator Framework©

· Strategy Navigator© - Vision Implementation Process

· Strategy Navigator© - Tactical Process

· IT Balanced Scorecard

· IT Strategy Roadmap

· IT Dashboard

 

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Business Continuity Planning

 

“Preparation is everything. Noah did not start building the ark when it was raining.” Warren Buffett

 

Nearly every aspect of a company's operations is vulnerable to disruption. Though technology plays a fundamental role in the operation of your business, continuity is not just an IT concern. Regulators, shareholders and customers alike want to be assured that a disruption to business operations can be contained and corrected with minimal impact.

 

Magellan’s Business Continuity services transcend traditional disaster recovery.  We provide a framework and the expertise to help companies systematically build out continuity plans that integrate across the enterprise to fortify the business.  We can’t guarantee that disaster will not strike, but with a comprehensive continuity program, measures can be implemented to navigate through a storm with minimal disruption.

 

And because we know that a plan is only effective if it remains current, Magellan offers an outsourcing program that ensures periodic review and updates that align with adjustments to the business such as organization realignments, acquisitions or major technology installations.   Because our consultants have worked with your company to develop the Business Continuity Plan we are intimately familiar with your business.  We are accordingly prepared to serve as an extension to your organization, allowing your employees to focus on delivering products and services to grow the business, while at the same time knowing that these business critical tasks are being managed.