IS governance

Define and plan Information System transformations

One of the pillars of IS governance is its compliance with the strategy. It consists in planning upcoming organic transformations of the Information System, so that it fits the global strategy of the company. However, this approach implies that several issues need to be addressed simultaneously. What are the strategic objectives of the company? Do they seem clear to the ITD? Are transformation targets and orientations shared with the businesses? How can you define and plan the transformations of the Information System? How should you include technological innovations in this reflection?

Redsen supports its clients in the development of all or part of the Enterprise Architecture, as an assistance to the IS alignment approach.

We designed a methodology framework that can be customized to address various contexts. Our clients can use this framework, and our consultants’ experience, in order to increase their own knowledge to plan, communicate, and operate transformation in their business processes and their Information System.

The essence of our approach is to create shared and actionable visions to describe the orientations and aims needed to define and plan IS transformation projects.

Control and evaluate your IS

Knowing your IS capital and being able to evaluate it is a cornerstone of IT governance. How can you measure the level of complexity of your IS? What are the risks and opportunities implied by the exploitation of IT applications? In what extent the business activity is covered by IT applications?

The support provided by Redsen relies on a strong experience in the matter. Our scope of intervention covers IS asset mapping and inventory, as well as actions of evaluation based on the three following strategic axes: organization of human and technical resources, workflows, and IT solutions.

This approach leads to a quick and practical diagnosis of the elements composing the IS. The results issued can be used to rationalize existing IT assets, or in the process of strategic alignment aiming at an adjustment of the global orientation of the IS, in relation with the transformation targeted by the business.

Place data at the center of decisions and actions

Information has always been at the core of the matter. On a company scale, data is highly valuable, and performance indicators spread at every level of the organization, sometimes in a disorderly manner.

How can you align the decision-making Information System with the company strategy? How can you update this IS to include data from the IoT (Internet of Things) and Big Data, in volume, speed, and variety? Which external data should be integrated? How can you use this new data to acquire competitiveness or optimize operational processes?

Redsen provides a simple and practical methodology framework to support the evolutions of the Decision-Making Information System and draft a BI roadmap that is consistent with business needs. Based on the S.M.A.R.T. approach. designed by Bernard Marr (and used by companies like Yahoo or Google to build their dashboards), the approach is divided in the following phases:

• Start with Strategy
• Measure Metrics and Data
• Analyze your Data
• Report your results
• Transform your business and decision making

This approach provides a quick and transversal vision of business needs in terms of management, to evaluate and order them efficiently.