IT strategy & concept: vision, roadmap

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Innovating. Transforming. Succeeding.

In many cases, digitalisation brings a large number of individual issues onto the table all at once: cloud services, new SaaS applications, modern workplace, evolving systems and limited resources. What is missing is a unifying framework: what decisions will truly pay off by helping the company achieve its objectives? And how can you get from your current situation to an IT system that will remain robust in the long term?

We can work with you to devise an IT strategy and an IT concept that will serve as a guide, set out priorities clearly and assist with the implementation right from the start. The focus will be to create an IT landscape that functions from day to day and will help you progress with your cloud transformation in a structured way.

Orientation & vision

A good IT strategy helps you know where you are heading and ensures that decisions are consistent. Together, we will define your vision and the basic principles and priorities, so that technology decisions are transparent and investments can be targeted to the areas where they will provide the greatest benefits.

Which cloud strategy is right for you (cloud-first or a step-by-step transformation) – and how fast can you realistically move?
Which standards will help reduce complexity (e.g. platforms, collaboration, identities)?

What do you need to take into account in terms of operations, availability and scalability?
Which projects are paramount in the short term and which ones can be left until later?

From strategy to implementation

The IT concept translates the strategy into a tangible vision for your target architecture: what components will be needed; how do they interact with one another and what steps would it be sensible to take next? To turn this into a feasible plan, we not only look at the technical side, but take operations, responsibilities and dependencies into account right from the outset.

Scope of services

Vision & target architecture

We will develop a clear vision for your IT and define how the main components work together. This will help give you direction and create an architecture that works.

Cloud strategy & transformation pathway

We will define what cloud strategy is suitable for you and what route can realistically get you there. As part of that process, we will also take dependencies, speed and day-to-day operability into account.

Application concept & integration concept

We will configure systems, interfaces and data flows to create a robust overall system. That will help you avoid stand-alone solutions and will bring dependencies to light from an early stage.

Standards & parameters

We will specify sensible standards and principles, so that decisions can be taken in a consistent way in future. This reduces complexity and creates a common basis for IT and specialist departments.

Operability & governance

We take operability factors in to account right from day one: responsibilities, underlying processes and rules that apply when making changes. That way, your IT will remain operable for a long time and can be controlled in a way you can understand.

Prioritisation & implementation planning

We will determine the next steps in detail and prioritise them according to effectiveness and cost. The result will be a feasible plan – from quick wins to medium-term actions.

How we work

Clarifying objectives

Corporate objectives, current challenges, overall situation & cloud ambitions

Categorising the current situation

Structuring the systems, dependencies, bottlenecks & fields of action

Developing a vision

Establishing the target architecture, standards, parameters & priorities

Planning the implementation

Defining packages of measures, sequence, cost & next steps

Outcomes

So that you can make well-founded decisions and are able to plan the implementation in a targeted way, you will typically receive:

a clearly defined vision to develop your IT further
an IT concept, including target architecture, standards & priorities
a prioritised action plan (from quick wins to medium-term steps)
a timetable for your cloud transformation, including dependencies & sequence (if desired)

Are you looking to categorise your current IT landscape in a structured way and establish clearly defined priorities?

Making technologies usable.

As an end-to-end software solution that displays your sector-specific core processes, unitop plays a key role in determining the direction your IT will take. To ensure a successful introduction and operational stability, we can provide a combination of strategy, target architecture and operability to produce a coordinated system as a whole.

As unitop is based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, we consistently work with you to examine how individual components work together within the Microsoft eco-system – with particular reference to Microsoft 365 and Azure as the key components for collaboration, platform and cloud services.

Your vision for platform and operations
(cloud-based, scalable, easy to operate)
Integration and data flows
(interfaces, responsibilities, standards)

Roles & company processes
(administration, service providers, change & release logic)
Prioritised next steps
(for introduction, development or modernisation)

Contact

Are you looking to set a clear direction for your IT and ensure that your next steps are plannable? We’ll be pleased to advise you.