A Day in the Life of Chip (from the IT Department)
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IT A D AY IN THE (from the IT Department) L IFE OF C HIP
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He’s a senior engineer in yourIT department where his corespecialties & business-specificknowledge are much needed…
IT
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...
IT
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,
IT
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…
IT
Much of his time is spent on routine,
Low-Value,operational tasks which simply
maintain the status quo.
IT
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.
IT
And the IT organization falls into an ongoing cycle,
where the time needed for High-Value initiatives is continuallyconsumed by
Low-Value tasks.
ITIT
A straightforward way for the business to achieve
the High-Value technology growth & transformation it
needs…
ITIT
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
ITIT
Designed to optimize the productive output of employees within the IT organization...
ITIT
Allowing for increased time allocation
towards High-Value objectives...
ITIT
Resulting in fewer errors and stronger
returns on technology investments.
ITIT
It helps Chip stay focused on the
specialized tasks he’s really good at!
ITIT
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.
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