1. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT OF IS
DRIVEN PROGRAMS
RESEARCH & IMPLEMENTATION REPORT
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2. Hierarchy Overview
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3. Alignment Overview
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4. uc Top Lev el Executiv e
Approv e Program
Charter
Top Level Executive
«extend»
Approv e Program
1. Defines the direction of the Charter Changes
company. Ensuring that the
organization effectively and Define Organization
efficiently realizes its Strategy
mission and progresses «extend»
Aprov e Organization
towards the formed vision. Strategy Formulation
2. Innovates the
organization’s Resolv e Strategic
Issues
strategy, balancing stable
planned efforts with
unstable emergent Top Lev el Executiv e
intrapreneurial initiatives.
Monitor Strategic
Performance
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5. uc Sponsor
Elaborate Program
Business Case
Sponsor «extend» Update Program
Business Case
1. Oversees a
Program, ensuring it’s
Approv e Program
benefits realization and the Charter
adequacy of those benefits
«extend»
Sponsor
over the global strategy. Approv e Program
Charter Changes
2. Mediates changes on
Program charter to include
Resolv e Strategic
or exclude initiatives, a Issues
means to align the program
with the global strategy.
Monitor Strategic
Performance
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6. uc Program Director
Manage Alignment Decide Planned
Performance of
Program Director Options
«extend»
Program
1. Executive owner of a
Program.
2. Holds the “D” on planned
decision points.
Update Program
3. Pro-actively ensures Charter
Raise Strategic Issue
alignment of benefits with
the intended strategy.
Program Director
4. Propagates changes on
Program charter. «extend»
5. Raises Strategic Issues
Approv e Initiativ e
Elaborate Program
Charter
«extend»
Charter
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7. uc Office of Strategy Management
Office of Strategy Formulate Organization
Comunicate Strategy To
Management Strategy
«extend»
Stakeholders
1. Formulates the
Organization Strategy
2. Monitor the Internal and «extend»
External Environments for
Strategic Changes
Monitor Strategic Update Organization
3. Intrapreneurship and Env ironment Strategy Formulation
potential strategic
initiatives identification
4. Raise Strategic Issues Office of Strategy
Management
5. Communicate the Strategy
and its updates throughout Support Initiativ e Raise Strategic Issue
the organization. Champion
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8. uc Champion
Champion
1. Identify Potential Elaborate Initiativ e Identify Potential
Business Case Innov ation
«extend»
Innovation.
2. Elaborate Initiative
Business Case
3. Advocate the Initiative and
acquire Sponsorship
Champion
Adv ocate Initiativ e
Acquire Sponsorship
Proposal
«extend»
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