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Leadership Workshop on “Optimizing & Managing IT Portfolio to meet business objectives”

REALIZING BUSINESS VALUE THROUGH IT

Fri, 20th November, 2009
9 AM to 5:30 PM
Hotel Royal Orchid
1, Golf Avenue Road, Adjoining KGA Golf Course,
Airport Road, Bengaluru

Why you need to attend this workshop?

This workshop is an attempt to provide insights to management of IT by looking at technology as not a cost but as a business enabler. The impact of technology to enhance effectiveness in business growth can be huge, if IT systems are managed and optimized keeping the overall business context in mind. Through a mix of case studies, presentations and a hands-on workshop by industry veterans, you will have an opportunity to participate and share ideas to strategize, implement initiatives and innovate in your business through technology. The sessions will have a good mix of technology view and the business view so that you obtain a holistic view of IT.
 

·         How to realize business value through IT by aligning it to Value Creation

·         How to enable businesses through technology and going beyond conventional thoughts of a ‘System’ view

·         Understand business aspects while deciding on IT systems and portfolios

·         How to manage the IT Organization and taking a portfolio view of IT

·         How to create objective business cases for IT decisions
 

This program is targeted at business leaders, technology leadership, finance heads who are looking at understanding how IT can be linked to enhancing overall business benefits.

Speaker Profiles

Mr. Ram Mantravadi, MBA- Carnegie Mellon University, B.Tech- IT BHU
About Speaker: CEO of Aqua MCG; global consulting and leadership experience with firms like Satyam, IBM and EDS. Led IT strategy & transformation practice in Satyam.

Mr. Subroto Gupta, MBA- IIM Ahmedabad, B.Tech- IIT Delhi
About Speaker: Over 15 Years experience in Packaged Solution Implementation, Process Improvement, BPR, Change Management, Business Vertical and Technology Competency. Subroto worked with Companies like Unilevers, BASF, WebMethods as one of the Founding Employees.

Mr. Ramprasad Nagaraja, Masters in Engg- IISc. Bangalore, Bachelors of Engg- GCOE, Pune
About Speaker: Founder member of NthDimenzion Solutions Private Limited, Ram has worked extensively in the area of Enterprise Architecture and as a Program Manager. He has been in the IT industry for more than 15 years and has designed large-scale enterprise IT solutions. He has also worked in the capacity of an Application & Portal Architect and Development Manager at various organizations such as Satyam, IBM, Planetasia, Wipro and Infosys.

Mr. Rajesh Agarwala, M.Tech– IIT Kharagpur
About Speaker: Founder & MD of Maventic Innovative Solutions, a niche SAP Integration and technology consulting company.  Led teams in building world class products and supporting Global SAP customers as Director for development of SAP CRM application and the Director of the SAP NetWeaver Center Of Excellence (CoE). Prior to joining SAP, he had also served at organizations like Wipro and Tata Motors.

Mr. Anshuman Mukherjee, MBA- IMT Ghaziabad, B.E.- Vikram University
About Speaker: Assumed leadership role in multiple projects on IT Strategy Consulting, Business Process Consulting, IT Portfolio Analysis, Sourcing Advisory, Business-IT alignment for firms like IBM Strategy & Change, Satyam, i-Flex, etc.

Mr. Bibin Shivas, MBA- IIM Bangalore, B.Tech- NIT Calicut
About Speaker: Rich management, consulting, operational and IT experience in areas of business architecture, process improvements, IT planning, strategy for firms like IBM strategy & Change, HP, Cognizant, etc.

Speakers Topics

·         CIO Agenda – Focusing on IT Portfolio Management

Introducing IT Portfolio Management and the importance of taking such a view for the CIO to effectively manage the IT Function

 

·         Understanding IT Portfolio with business as context

How to map the Business objectives to the IT objectives and understanding the current state of the IT function in terms of gaps and opportunities

 

·         Constructing an Architecture view - IT as a portfolio of “Services”

Taking an Enterprise Architecture view to create a business blueprint and bringing in a Service-Oriented view of IT to help define Business Services which becomes the framework for managing the IT portfolio

 

·         Optimizing the application portfolio – ERP and Business Critical Point Solutions

How to manage the IT application portfolio by taking an objective view of the effectiveness of applications and choose the right point solutions around the core ERP

 

·         Optimizing the infrastructure portfolio

Introducing an objective approach to manage and optimize the infrastructure landscape and identifying opportunities to reduce costs

 

·         Project Portfolio Management and Investment Planning - Building a business case for IT

Knowing how to prioritize and manage the IT investments across a project portfolio by taking a business case approach and aligning to business goals

 

·         Governing the IT Portfolio – IT Balanced Scorecard

Creating the right processes, policies, governance models and metrics to help manage the IT portfolio in an effective manner

 

·         Optimizing & Managing an IT PortfolioAn Interactive Case Study & Workshop

Interactive case study that will provide a practical view of how to actually apply IT portfolio management techniques to a case situation

 

What earlier participants have to say

"Let me put on record that the Workshop was conducted in an absolute professional manner. The lean concept has indeed been embedded in the psyche by the practical case study conducted during the course of the Workshop. Our compliments to Aqua MCG for the same."
-BGS (Operational Logistics), Army Training Command (ARTRAC), Indian Army

"Gained valuable insights into some of the advanced supply chain concepts"
-Head, Exports, Essel Propack Ltd.

"Thoughtful application of concepts to a creative game for better understanding”
-Sr. Manager - ERP, HPCL

Registration

Registration Fees = Rs. 10,000 (plus taxes) per participant
For registration details, contact Suchita Chavan at suchita.chavan@aquamcg.com
 

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT (Corporate) : Rs. 8000 (plus taxes) registration fee if registering before 31st October

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT (Students) : First five student registrations, fee only Rs 2,000/- (plus taxes)
Volume (3 or more than 3 participants) discounts also available!


About Aqua Management Consulting Group

Aqua MCG (www.aquamcg.com) is a premier advisory and execution group committed to delivering superior operations & business technology solutions and maximizing business value for our clients. We help transform and manage supply chains for better business performance. Our Core Offerings are :

·         Operations and Supply Chain Consulting

·         Information Technology Consulting

·         Operations Outsourcing Solutions

Our team comprises professionals with strong consulting experience, good domain knowledge and strong IT capabilities. We use structured methodologies, analytical rigor and defined metrics to deliver value for every project we undertake.

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