KEY BENEFITS• Align technology strategy with overall

business strategy

• Define an IT governance process

• Identify opportunities to add business value with IT

• Qualify, quantify and effectively communicate the value of IT to unit sponsors and financial executives

• Use analytics for strategic advantage

• Manage performance and provide executive oversight of IT programs and projects

WHO SHOULD ATTEND• Individuals who serve on an IT executive

management team, including CIOs/CTOs and direct reports

• Business unit executive sponsors of the IT team, including CFOs and SBU heads

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Establishing an information technology strategy is just the first step. In this practical, team-based program, you will also learn how to leverage the power of IT by aligning your technology initiatives with your overall business strategy to gain competitive advantage.

Led by industry experts and thought leaders in IT, this program offers leading-edge techniques and frameworks for synchronizing your technology and business strategies to create value. Through lectures and discussions of real business problems, you will explore topics related to IT portfolio management, designing and leading IT, managing complexity and risk, big data and analytics, and linking strategy to execution. You’ll also learn how to quantify and communicate the value of IT to your management team.

At the conclusion of the program, you’ll be prepared to leverage IT for strategic advantage — by building deeper relationships with your internal and external customers, collaborating more effectively with partners, maximizing business productivity and putting ideas and opportunities into action.

Creating Strategic Value Through IT Leverage Technology for Improved Business Results

November 12–15, 2017

Kellogg School of Management Evanston, Illinois, USA

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

Consult with an Executive Development Advisor

execed@kellogg.northwestern.edu

847.467.6018

Learn more and apply

kell.gg/kxitvalue

NEXT STEPS

“ The ideal program for senior and middle management from both business and IT to understand how to holistically get the most out of IT from your business.”Partner, Westernacher and Partner Consulting

THE FACULTY

ACCOMMODATIONS

This program is held at the James L. Allen Center and includes onsite lodging, all meals, coffee breaks and snacks. Participants also enjoy access to a fitness center and lakeshore walking paths.

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Mark JefferyAcademic Director; Adjunct Professor of Executive Programs; President and CEO, Aquimo

Russell WalkerClinical Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Tim ZophSenior Vice President, Northwestern Medicine

Please note: Faculty is subject to change.

Creating Strategic Value Through IT Leverage Technology for Improved Business Results

PROGRAM CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

Drawing upon their rich backgrounds in academia and the corporate world, our esteemed faculty members create an ideal learning environment that balances the teaching of leading-edge theory with discussions of real-world experiences.

Consult with an Executive Development Advisor

execed@kellogg.northwestern.edu

847.467.6018

Learn more and apply

kell.gg/kxitvalue

NEXT STEPS

Developing an IT Strategy• Understand the strategic context

of the organization

• Benchmark your IT using our best practice survey of Fortune 1000 firms and federal government agencies

Aligning Corporate Strategy and IT Investments• Allocate resources in an

environment of complexity and capital constraints

• Use frameworks for technology portfolio management to understand risks and returns

The IT Business Case• Quantify technology project ROI

with financial and nonfinancial metrics

• Define actionable business cases for IT

Unlocking Value from Data• Leverage information for strategic

advantage

• Use analytics for supply chain optimization, cutting costs and increasing performance

• Drive growth and profitability through analytics

Executive Performance Management and Oversight• Manage the performance of complex

programs and projects

• Recognize patterns of risk

• Implement corrective actions to turn around at-risk programs and projects

Transformational Leadership• Define and plan your change strategy

• Recognize key pitfalls in leading change efforts

• Understand the role of CIO leadership within the business

Program IntroductionJeffery

Case DiscussionJeffery

Strategic IT ManagementJeffery

Case Discussion

Linking Strategy to Execution: IT Portfolio Management

Jeffery

Strategic IT Transformation: Lessons from the Leaders

Jeffery

Finance for IT ExecutivesJeffery

Case Breakout and Discussion Jeffery

Engineering the IT Business CaseJeffery

Executive Program Oversight

Case Breakout

Jeffery

Project Presentations and DebriefJeffery

Transformational LeadershipJeffery

Faculty Wrap-up and FeedbackJeffery

IT Enabling Big Data and Analytics

Jeffery

Getting Started with Big Data Case Breakout

and DebriefJeffery

CIO LeadershipGuest Speaker

Case DiscussionJeffery

Study Groups Jeffery

lunch

Dinner

Creating Strategic Value Through ItMark Jeffery, Academic Director

Day 1 Day 3 Day 4Day 2

AfternoonSession(s)

EveningSession

MorningSession(s)

Operations & Technology // Executive Education

Sample Schedule

Study GroupsJeffery