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Constraint Management & IT - 21 What about I.T. budgets?
What about I.T. budgets?
Historically, enterprise constraints have been in production, distribution, engineering, or sales of goods or services. However, as enterprises have accumulated excess capacity, enterprise constraints have migrated to other business functions, including information technology.
For instance, when products or services contain embedded IT, such as the Internet of Things does, the processes monitored and controlled by IoT won't work if it's late or deficient. Likewise, when products or services depend on external IT, such as for configuration and ordering, those products and services cannot generate revenue if the enabling IT is missing or unreliable. In evolving markets, IT projects may dictate when new products or services can be delivered.
Thus, IT budgets are getting different scrutiny nowadays. Constraint management offers these solutions when IT is the enterprise constraint:
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Prioritize IT that generates revenue rather than reduces expenses.
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Use proofs of concept to evaluate the potential for revenue-generating IT with minimal investment.
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Ensure that the IT budget has appropriate investment across all strategic horizons: H1 the current business, H2 the growth phase, and H3 seeds of future business.
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Manage technical debt so legacy systems do not become the constraint.
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Recognize that some IT investment is mandatory despite generating no revenue (ex: tax reporting).
More applications of constraint management for IT are covered in "Exceeding the Goal." https://books.industrialpress.com/9780831136567/exceeding-the-goal/
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