Course Description

About the iValue Seminars
Choose from the following four courses:

• How to Value Information Technology
• The Portfolio Strategy Approach to IT Valuation
• IT Cost Optimization
• IT Risk Assessment and Management

Certificates of Participation will be awarded to all those attending the program.

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How to Value Information Technology
Information technology has many success stories. However, there have also been far too many failures. The reason is that the effect of information technology on a company's shareholder value has been unpredictable. Lacking a method to analyze the value of IT, Executives are forced to make decisions based on fragmented data and guesswork. Now, iValue makes it possible to get a clear picture of the impact IT is having on shareholder value.

How to Value Information Technology, a three day executive seminar, can help you answer these questions:
• What contribution will a system make to a company's shareholder value?
• How can an IT system be constructed to create value?
• How do you value infrastructure, portals, Internet initiatives, CRM, and legacy systems?
• How to get the most from your technology spend?
• What will be the likely reaction from Wall Street?

Takeaways
Develop a critical skill. You will learn how to use VITA™, a structured process to estimate the shareholder value generated from IT systems.
Get hands on experience. Work on real-world cases where our proven methods have been applied.

Outline

Day 1 The VITA Framework
Get an introduction to the iValue analytical tools and techniques.

Morning Session	Understanding the Opportunity Discovering the real need Assessing the amount of demand Refreshment Break Creating the Technology Solution Determining the flow of information Scaling the system Designing the information system architecture
Luncheon
Afternoon Session	Estimating Economic Value Evaluating system cost Making cost comparisons Refreshment Break Understanding baselines Developing valuation models Interpreting the results
Reception

Day 2 Case Study
Learn how TCI, a large capitalization public company, made the decision to invest in the distribution and installation of cable modems. Examine this case using proven financial models.

Morning Session

Breakout Session 1-Strategic Analysis

Refreshment Break

Breakout Session 2 -Pre-Initiative Valuation

Luncheon

Afternoon Session

Breakout Session 3 -Model Preparation and Analysis

Refreshment Break

Breakout Session 4 - IT System Valuation

Day 3 The Lab!
Join the group and course leaders to develop a high-level valuation approach to your IT initiatives. Apply the course learning and experience to get your own work done!

Getting Started
Review and explore each opportunity
Strategize on real opportunities with the group.

What Will it Take?
Develop the information flows
Work through the technology architecture
Understand what it will cost to launch your program

Will you Create Value?
Create the inputs necessary for analysis
Run a financial model

Go, No-Go or Wait?
Make a strategic decision

The Portfolio Strategy Approach to IT Valuation
Nearly half of corporate capital expenditures are invested in information technology. Yet, many executives struggle with managing the value delivered from their IT investments. They lack a comprehensive method to understand the value generated from IT investments as a whole, that deals with the wide variation of risk and reward. Now, iValue makes it possible to manage the value of your portfolio of IT assets.

The Portfolio Strategy Approach to IT Investment, a three-day executive level seminar, can help you answer these questions:
• Do you have a process to evaluate your total investment in IT?
• Can you identify the stars from the dogs in your IT portfolio?
• Have you developed a buy, hold, and sell strategy for your IT investments?
• Do you know what your IT options are and when to act on them?
• Do you know how to hedge your bets?

Takeaways
Stay ahead of your competition Be able to apply state of the art techniques to your IT portfolio to keep your company ahead of the curve.
Learn a process that can enhance the value derived from your IT portfolio. The Portfolio Strategy process provides you with a step-by-step method to assure that you are maximizing value from IT.
Apply what you have learned to case studies Work through cases that give you exposure to portfolio modeling

Outline

Day 1 Getting Started

Morning Session	Establish a Strategy Understand your risk profile Establish your value target Link IT investments to your overall investment strategy Refreshment Break Assess your IT holdings Use a structured method to categorize your IT assets Develop a risk profile for each investment
Luncheon
Afternoon Session	Sort out the true value contribution/drain Analyze difficult IT investments such as infrastructure and legacy systems Analyze your hold periods and exit strategies for your IT investments Refreshment Break Examine alliances and outsourcing to modify risk Decide whether to continue to invest, run, or retire systems Discuss asset recovery techniques
Reception

Day 2 Managing IT Assets

Morning Session	Get to the Right Investment Mix Balance your portfolio Identify your buy and sell strategies Create an option strategy for possible changes to the market Optimize your return
Luncheon
Afternoon Session	Case Work Prepare a case study in a team environment using Portfolio Strategy Techniques. Review your recommendations in an investment committee setting

Day 3 The Lab!

Join the group and course leaders in developing approaches to managing your IT portfolio. You will work with course leaders to develop a high-level approach to each IT portfolio suggested by the group. Use the IT Portfolio Strategy method in a dynamic setting to apply your learning.

Solve the infrastructure valuation puzzle

Quantify the value contribution of technology systems

Create an overall strategy to manage your portfolio of technology assets

Cost Optimization
Do you know if you are including all your costs? Do you need a TCO model? This session provides you with a simple, but comprehensive architecture to capture all the costs related to IT.
• Understand what it takes to be best in class in IT Cost Optimization.
• Find out where you are in comparison to best in breed.
• Engage in a case study where you learn why it makes a difference to improve your cost optimization techniques.
• Discover the "get rights" of cost optimization and why they make a difference.

Takeaways
iValue will give you a one year license to a model that will make it easy to get your questions answered fast. Be involved in a hands on case that will train you on how to use the model.
Everyone says success is getting aligned with business needs. We will show you how to get on the same page with your business partners.

Outline

Day 1

Morning Session	The Cost Management Continuum Benchmarking your abilities against best practices Self assessment and case study Critical success factors in cost optimization
Luncheon
Afternoon Session	Blocking and Tackling Ways to assure that you are capturing all your costs Building a costing model/ case study Project prioritization using benefits alignment/case study
Reception

Day 2

Morning Session	Measuring the Results Developing metrics to prove your effectiveness How to justify your IT projects Case study
Luncheon
Afternoon Session	Sharpening the Pencil Cutting fat without cutting muscle How to analyze outsourcing/insource opportunities Pulling it all together: Cap Stone Case

IT Risk Assessment and Management
The IT Risk Assessment and Management course will train you to maximize the probability a system will be an economic success. Specifically, you will learn how to:
• Identify the components of system risk
• Measure their effect on shareholder value
• Estimate their likelihood of occurrence
• Control and mitigate their potential impact
Attendees will acquire the skill to assess the risk of an economic loss from an IT system, as well as learn ways to act to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. You can now focus on what matters most: creating shareholder value, not struggling to sort out what went wrong. Smart money assesses and manages risk rather than fixing problems after the fact!

Day 1 Framework

Day 2 Qualitative and Quantitative Modules

Components
Likelihood of Loss
Value of Loss
Risk Calculation
Action
Status and Remarks