Whether you are a CEO, CFO, board member, or an IT executive, From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap: A Practical Guide for Executives and Board Members lays out a practical, how-to approach to identifying business strategies and creating value-driven technology roadmaps in your organization. Unlike many other books on the subject, you will not find theories or grandiose ideas here. This book uses numerous examples, illustrations, and case studies to show you how to solve the real-world problems that business executives and technology leaders face on a day-to-day basis.Filled with actionable advice you can use immediately, the authors introduce Agile and the Lean mindset in a manner that the people in your business and technology departments can easily understand. Ideal for executives in both the commercial and nonprofit sectors, it includes two case studies: one about a commercial family business that thrived to become a multi-million-dollar company and the other about a nonprofit association based in New York City that fights against child illiteracy.

A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STRATEGY: CONCEPTS AND FORMULATIONFrom Mission, Vision, and Values to Business ModelChapter ObjectiveMission, Vision, and ValuesMissionVisionValuesBusiness ModelTakeawaysReferencesBusiness Strategy and Its FormulationChapter ObjectiveWhat Is Business Strategy?Key Criteria for a Good Business StrategyInternal ConsistencyExternal ConsistencyDynamic ConsistencySome Other Important ConsiderationsTrade-OffsStrategic FitFrom Core Competency to Value CreationCore Competency and Value ChainCore CompetencyValue ChainRelative Cost AnalysisValue CreationSome Special Perspective for Commercial CompaniesSome Special Perspective for Nonrofit OrganizationsMichael Porter's Five Forces FrameworkMichael Porter's Five ForcesBargaining Power of SuppliersBargaining Power of CustomersThreat of New EntrantsThreat of SubstitutesRivalry among Existing CompetitorsWalmart and Porter's Five ForcesThe MoMA and Porter's Five ForcesLeading Uses of the Five Forces FrameworkA Sixth ForceProduct-Market Growth Directions MatrixThe Strategy BladeFrom Business Strategy to Financial GoalsTakeawaysReferencesAN INTRODUCTION TO LEAN, LEAN AND AGILE ORGANIZATION, AND LEAN AND AGILE ITWhat Do We Mean by Lean, Lean and Agile Organization, and Lean and Agile IT?Chapter ObjectiveWhat Is Lean?So What Do We Mean by a Lean and Agile Organization and a Lean and Agile IT and IT Roadmap?TakeawaysReferencesFROM BUSINESS STRATEGY TO IT ROADMAP: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (EA)