IT PROFESSIONAL

TOOLKIT

IT 7833 IT Strategy,
Policy and Governance
Adunlola Bakare

IT PROFESSIONAL
According to CIPS, an IT professional is someone portrays
demonstrated competency, commitment of long learning, high
level of responsibility, great code of ethics and full membership in
the IT field. (CIPS, 2016)

IT STRATEGY
Set of prominent decisions made by the IT and senior functional
management that substantially enable, enhance and drive the
enterprise business strategy.
These decisions lead the deployment of technology infrastructure
and advanced human capabilities that will aid the organizational
competitive edge. (Luftman, 2004).

IT POLICY
Critical governance tool employed by all enterprise to dictate rules
and procedures that were typically applied in reality. These rules
establish expectations for organizational behaviors and activities,
then renders a mechanism to enforce the expectations. (Infotech)

IT GOVERNANCE
The process of understanding the issues and strategic importance
of IT such that organizations can continue their operations and
develop strategies needed to extend activities into the distant
future. The processes extend into ensuring the efficient and proper
use of IT resources to achieve organizational goals. (Gartner, 2012)

GENERAL PERSPECTIVE
As an IT Professional,
Understand how the IT tools work
Know how tools, techniques and best practices can lead to the success of your IT
organization.
IT managers can use the toolkit to
Improve their career
Create opportunity for their organization
Gain competitive advantage over others.

SUMMARY
The completion of this IT Professional toolkit will help me continue to improve IT
and business processes of the organizations I hope to manage in the future. My
goal is to continue to find ways to utilize these tools to their maximum capacity. It
is my belief that these tools can be of great value for others in the IT
management field. So far, I have been able to put these tools into appropriate
use at my place of work and I would like to recommend my viewers to do the
same. My ultimate goal for this project is to continue to work on the toolkit and I
intend to do so until I see to its perfection.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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NetMBA. (2010). PEST Analysis. Retrieved June 11, 2016, from http://www.netmba.com/strategy/pest/
This source gives detailed descriptions of the PEST analysis and how it can be applied to help anticipate and tackle all external
threats a firm or an enterprise might encounter. Furthermore, NetMBA continues to explain how Organizations can use PEST
analysis to create a solid governance which creates new opportunities for the future.
2.
Start, D., & Hovland, I. (2004). Tools for policy impact: A Handbook for Researchers. Retrieved June 11, 2016, from
https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/194.pdf
This book focuses on the varieties of tools to help enterprises develop outstanding and effective policies. To be specific, Policy
Paper tool describes and define the need for urgent policies and generates the best possible ways in which organizational
managers can address issues.
3.
Kovacevic, A., & Majluf, N. (1993, July 15). Six Stages of IT Strategic Management. MIT Sloan Management Review.
This magazine explained in details the condition needed to produce and maintain an effective IT Strategic management. It began
by re-defining the true meaning of IT Strategy and then produced six detailed stages that breaks down a guided route to
producing a great IT Strategy for IT management as a whole.
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Padilla, R., Jr. (2005, July 25). Learn how IT governance can benefit your organization - TechRepublic. Retrieved June 18, 2016,
from http://www.techrepublic.com/article/learn-how-it-governance-can-benefit-your-organization
In this Tech Republic article, Padilla provided a definition for IT Governance in relations with IT management. He further explains
the general foundation of IT Governance then directed to audience in guided steps on how to fully implement a governance
process in any given IT organization.
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Track Associates. (2016). Six Keys to Sound IT Management "Policy and Procedure" Retrieved June 18, 2016, from
https://www.ittoolkit.com/how-to-it/operations/planning-IT-policies.html
This article is a toolkit that provides six keys to producing a solid IT Management Policy. It explains the purpose, goal and
procedures to accelerate IT value and product usage. In this article, several types of IT Policies are addressed and fully explained.

OTHER REFERENCES
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IT Governance Institute, IT Governance Using COBIT and ValIT: Student Book, 2nd Edition made available to us free of charge
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2.
ISACA, Basic Foundational Concepts Student Book: Using COBIT 5. 2014
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Luftman, Jerry N. "7." Managing the Information Technology Resource: Leadership in the Information Age. Upper Saddle River,
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