A Day in the Life of Chip (from the IT Department)

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A DAY IN THE

(from the IT Department)LIFE OF CHIP

He’s a senior engineer in yourIT department where his corespecialties & business-specificknowledge are much needed…

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Meet Chip.

Everyday Chip is responsiblefor executing a wide rangeof IT tasks which support theCompany’s operations.

Transition to Cloud Servers

Install Productivity Tools

Implement BI/Analytics Tracking

Create DisasterRecovery Process

Upgrade ERP Software

Troubleshoot Issue &Determine Root cause

Some of these taskshave higher value,as they help drive business growth &transformation...

Security Administration

Scheduled System Maintenance

Review NightlyLogs for Errors

Monitor Systems

And some of these taskshave lower value, as theydon’t advance the larger

goals of the business, yet they’re still

required.Add/RemoveNew Users

Between ensuring existingsystems are always running &transforming the businessthrough improvement & newinnovation...

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Chip has a constant battle knowing where to spend his limited time & energy...

But, as the world becomes more digital,Chip understands the business needstechnological innovationto continue growth & stay competitive...

And the more attention he can give to the High-Value tasks which drive these innovations,

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the greater the return

will be.

ITYet, a recent study showed senior resources spent 41%

of their time focused on Low-Value tasks.

Instead of focusing Chip’s business-specific knowledge &

core specialties towards advancing the technological priorities of the company…

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Much of his time is spent on routine,

Low-Value,operational tasks which simply

maintain the status quo.

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As a result, existing systems remain unchanged, new initiatives get pushed back & immeasurable productivity is wasted along the way…

While Chip gets burned out from continuous task-switching, losing more time & productivity as he goes, never achieving real progress or change.

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And the IT organization falls into an ongoing cycle,

where the time needed for High-Value initiatives is continuallyconsumed by

Low-Value tasks.

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But there is a solution!

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A straightforward way for the business to achieve

the High-Value technology growth & transformation it

needs…

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While ensuring the Low-Value tasks that keep existing

systems running are still being executed.

The ID2 Method(which stands for Identify, Define & Delegate)

It’s called

The ID2 Method is a work-management

strategy… ITIT

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Designed to optimize the productive output of employees within the IT organization...

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Allowing for increased time allocation

towards High-Value objectives...

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Resulting in fewer errors and stronger

returns on technology investments.

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But most importantly...

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It helps Chip stay focused on the

specialized tasks he’s really good at!

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And helps your company stay more responsive in

today’s fast-changing technology landscape.

If increasing output on High-Value technology objectives is important...

Getting your IT team started with The ID2 Method is easy.