IT For Non-IT Executives - Schulich School of Business - York ...

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The Strategic Role of IT in an
Organization
■ IT as a competitive tool
■ Alignment of IT with the rest of
your organization
■ The different types of IT systems
and their business applications
■ Ensuring that the IT needs of your
stakeholders are met
■ Executing an IT strategy
■ Management of the IT Risk Profile
The IT Internal Organizational
Structure
■ Examples of IT organizational
structures
■ Alignment of the corporate IT
Organizational Structure with
Corporate Objectives
■ Centralization vs. decentralization
of IT Organizations
■ Working with the CIO
IT Governance Models
■ Examples of how IT is governed in
top organizations
■ The role of the “IT Governance
Committee”
■ Management of the IT Portfolio
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Practical steps to ensure proper IT
Governance
IT Governance measurements and
metrics
IT Budgeting and Spending
■ Overview of IT Spending in Canada
■ Applying traditional methods like
NPV and IRR: Does it work?
■ IT Budgeting “Issues”
■ Just-in-time Funding: A new
concept for managing IT budgeting
and spending
■ Cost control measures for IT Projects
Principles of IT Project Management
■ How IT projects are different from
non-IT projects
■ Project Selection Process
■ Agile and non-Agile Project
Management methods: Which
should your company adopt?
■ Measurements and Monitoring of
IT Projects
Outsourcing: Is it the solution?
■ What is outsourcing
■ The evolution of the outsourcing
market
■ How to manage an outsourcing
agreement
Basics of Networking and Security
■ Principles of Networking –
Building a “Home Network”
■ Risks of Network Security in the
21st Century
■ Guidelines for conducting a
“Network Security Assessment”
IT Software and Hardware
Architecture and Infrastructure
■ Moving between Data, Information,
Knowledge and Wisdom
■ Introduction to Software and
Hardware
■ Converting Disruptive
Technologies to a competitive
advantage
■ Hardware and Software
Infrastructure and Architecture
Requirements Definition and
Modeling Techniques
■ Non-IT Executives as
“Business/Systems Analyst”
■ Tools for defining and documenting
business needs and requirements
■ Ensuring that the business
requirements are implemented
Instructor Profile
A New Skills Workshop For
Any Leader Who Interfaces
With Their IT Team
Ramy R. Taraboulsi
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Ramy has over 25 years of
business analysis and systems
experience. He is currently
Professor of Ethics, Leadership
and Corporate Governance at
Seneca College, and also the
CEO of SyncBASE Inc., a global
software development firm
specializing in building corporate
governance software and software
for managing stock-based
compensation plans.
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Prior to founding SyncBASE,
Ramy held senior positions as
VP Information Services,
Insurance Bureau of Canada;
VP Internet Strategy and
Development, Fidelity
Investments; and Chief Systems
Architect, Mercer Human
Resources Consulting.
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