IT IN HOUSING
IT Strategy
An IT Strategy document generally covers a three-to-five-year period and will comprehensively outline the purpose and objectives of an organisation’s IT Service, clearly describing the required themes and outcomes. It will usually be an integral part of the overarching Corporate Business Strategy and be signed-off by senior management.
Developing IT Strategy
In the affordable housing sector, an IT Strategy document will be complex – not least because, while it will not specify details of operational delivery, it has to combine an understanding of how every corner of the business operates with specialist systems knowledge. Without this, the IT systems will never properly support the staff who use them and do the work.
Manifest Consulting’s IT Strategy service provides organisations with all the assistance they may need to develop or revise their IT Strategy and the supporting delivery plans.
We will work closely with your staff, stakeholders and contractors, and our independence ensures an objective overview of operational processes and IT systems to produce a workable strategy. We can also build the other essential tactical and operational plans you may require, such as budget projections, delivery, business continuity, management and project plans.
Plans can change
Strategic plans can never be set in stone, because all sorts of external factors such as legislation, data security and technology, can quickly divert or change organisational objectives. Manifest Consulting can also undertake mid-term, or interim reviews of existing strategies and IT service management arrangements, to respond to change and make sure organisational objectives can be met.
Equally, Manifest Consulting can help if business changes prompt a review of specific, practical aspects of IT service delivery and management, such as technology evaluations, procurement or supplier and contract management.
Delivering strategy
An essential element of Manifest Consulting’s service is to produce detailed supporting documents that set out how the objectives of the IT Strategy can be achieved. These might include, for example, risk mitigation recommendations or procurement plans.
Leadership support
All our consultants are experienced and recognised experts from across the affordable housing sector and can support your IT leadership through a change process. Whether that is to deliver specific, self-contained tasks as new plans are implemented, or to provide a flexible leadership function to achieve employment cost-savings.
What makes us different?
With decades of experience between us, Manifest Consulting has a unique understanding of the affordable housing sector and we appreciate the complexity of our clients’ businesses. Our IT Strategy service is tailored to your needs and focused on practical, realistic and achievable objectives.
