Solution
Ascendum's Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) is a comprehensive solution offering bringing together a complete analysis of an organization's people, processes, and technologies, as aligned to support a company's business strategy, all with a focus on those areas that are relevant to Information Technology. These elements of an organization are reviewed against current and future strategic business objectives and consideration of industry and technology best practices to develop a comprehensive future-state view of Information Technology. Gaps between the current-state and future-state environments are identified and presented in a Roadmap format. The Roadmap is part of a 3-5 year Transformation Plan that provides a prioritized series of projects that will "transform" the client organization into the recommended future-state.
Client Challenges
If you are experiencing any of these business challenges, Ascendum's SISP Solution can help:
- A rapidly growing organization
- A change in IT leadership
- A new IT leader looking for external assistance in conducting a comprehensive analysis of the state of his/her organization within the context of the company's business objectives
- An organization's executive management is looking for third party validation or suggestions to their IT strategic plans considering technology and industry best practices
Business Value
The key deliverable of the SISP is the 3-5 year Transformation Plan that includes a Roadmap that provides a prioritized series of projects that will "transform" the client organization into the recommended future-state. The Roadmap provides an actionable plan to guide the management of the Information Technology organization towards a future state that will effectively support the company's business objectives.
Client Success:
- A $400M revenue division of a large insurance company based in Cincinnati, Ohio
- A central Ohio-based electrical cooperative with annual revenue of $450M

