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Strategic Information Technology – Level 2

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  • I would like to thank each employee of LCT for being so co-operative, helpful, and understanding.
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Short course

In London

£ 2,850 + VAT

Strategy encompassing big data and powerful analytics!

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Advanced

  • Location

    London

The Strategic Information Technology - Level 2 training program imparted by London Corporate Training is aimed at project sponsors, analysts, managers, planners, and those who have to provide a strategic response against business requirements.

It is designed to provide more information about the Information Technology (IT) choices available to organisations and how these may inform project decisions.

Taking strategic considerations as a backdrop, the course examines standard line-of-business applications (CRM, ERP, BI, MI, Content Management, HR, Financials, etc.); typical deployments; management information requirements; project management; and data management issues.

The course also looks at rapidly growing developments in corporate IT - social media, device proliferation, and the service cloud. It considers theses against the backdrop of enterprise computing and developments in IT delivery, business operations and planning corporate computing requirements.

If you are interested in participating, ask for further information through emagister.co.uk.

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London
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3 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London, W6 8DA

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About this course

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• Appreciate the advantages and risks of corporate and internet computing, in achieving financial, efficiency and other objectives

• Explain the costs, economics and opportunities provided by the corporate computing systems, the internet, cloud computing, open standards and social media

• Create plans to introduce efficient enterprise computing systems, cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Create plans for the application and management of ERP, CRM and IT projects using agile project management to achieve efficient and reliable and effective performance

• Senior financial executives, managers and professionals, who need to understand the impact and opportunities provided by advances in IT, the internet, social media, cloud and open standards, in order to inform the board of emerging IT risks and opportunities.

• Financial executives, managers and professionals, responsible for budgets and projects.

• Senior company executives who are in charge of change management, ERP, CRM and IT projects

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Mohammed ATIF Hussain

4.5
13/11/2016
What I would highlight: I would like to thank each employee of LCT for being so co-operative, helpful, and understanding.
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This centre's achievements

2017

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 15 years

Subjects

  • Computing
  • CRM
  • ERP
  • Systems
  • Financial Training
  • Financial
  • Internet
  • Social Media
  • Technology
  • Economics
  • Media
  • Financial Systems
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Management Information
  • Enterprise Resource
  • Cloud computing
  • Economic
  • Big Data
  • Marketing Analysis
  • Swot
  • IT Strategy
  • Information technology

Course programme

IT strategy

· Advances in IT and developments in corporate computing

· IT applications, security, and architecture

· Issues in formulating IT strategy to meet organisational needs

· Current themes and trends – open standards and the new digital environment

· The IT strategy framework

· Where and how to start

· Common mistakes and SWOT


Cloud computing

· The economic case for cloud computing

· The opportunities from cloud computing: SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, etc.

· Cloud issues: security, confidentiality, performance, limitations (big data and content)

· Purchasing and procurement of cloud

· Cloud as an opportunity to upgrade and to rethink data and processes

· What is SOA and should I care?


Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

· ERP and workflow – history and economics

· Functionality and vendor analysis

· ERP pitfalls

· ERP and open standards

· Common mistakes and SWOT


Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

· Second generation CRM and functionality

· Selecting and specifying your CRM – on-premise v cloud

· Marketing analysis and campaigns, 360° relationships and social media

· The application of CRM in public and private sector (sales v. citizen interactions)

· Common mistakes and SWOT


Management Information and Financial Systems

· Selecting and specifying your financial system, including appraisal against IFRS

· Managing a large organisation – meeting board, management and regulatory needs

· The impact of cloud and big data issues

· Data efficiency, utilisation and control, avoiding data silos

· Business Intelligence and an integrated view of the organisation

Strategic Information Technology – Level 2

£ 2,850 + VAT