ITIL® 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy eLearning+ with exam

Objectives

The ITIL® 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy (DITS) moduleprovides guidance on how strategy should impact the design, delivery, and support of services throughout the service value chain of an organisation. Candidates will gain extensive knowledge on how and when technological innovation can help drive organisational success, and when it can add unnecessary layers of complexity and risk, enabling them to balance legacy with new ways of working effectively.

Who it is aimed at

This module is therefore aimed towards IT and business directors, heads of department, aspiring C-Suite professionals and other senior business leaders who want to strategically position an organisation against digital disruptors, craft a digital vision and build a robust digital strategy for long term growth.

Contents

PART I WHAT IS DIGITAL AND IT STRATEGY?
Key concepts

• Digital, information, operational, and communication technology
• Digital organization 
• Digital business
• Digitization 
• Digital transformation 
• Products and services 
• Tiers of strategy 
• Business models 
• Operating models 
• Strategy and the service value system 

PART II THE STRATEGY JOURNEY 

What is the vision?

• Digital disruption 
• Deciding on a balanced strategic focus 
• Positioning tools for digital organizations
• Creating the vision 

Where are we now? 

• Environmental analysis
• Opportunity analysis 
• Digital readiness assessment

Where do we want to be and how do we get there?

• Strategy planning 
• Strategic approaches for digital organizations 
• Strategy discussion and approval

Take action!

• How strategies are implemented 
• Coordinating strategy and strategic initiatives
• Leading digital transformation 
• Strategy communication and implementation

Did we get there?

• Key facts about measurement
• Measuring a strategy
• Instrumenting strategy
• Strategy review 

How do we keep the momentum going?

• Long-term momentum: ensuring organizational viability
• Short-term momentum: parallel operation 

PART III STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES

Digital leadership 

• Digital mindset 
• Communication
• Relationship management 
• Education and learning 
• Evaluating emerging technology and industry trends 
• Agile management techniques 
• Defining and using strategic metrics
• Orchestrating diverse environments 
• Operationalizing strategy 
• Business and technology management skills 

Managing innovation and emerging technologies 

• Definition 
• Managing innovation is a strategic capability 
• Managing innovation is a mindset and culture
• Innovation or adoption 
• Achieving a balanced approach to innovation 
• Formal approach to innovation management 
• Characteristics of organizations with an innovative culture
• Building a culture that supports innovation 
• Approaches to innovation 
• Evaluating and adopting emerging technology 

Managing strategic risk 

• Definitions
• Risk management in digital organizations
• Organizing risk management 
• Using risk management to evaluate opportunities
• Risk identification
• The risk register
• Qualitative risk analysis
• Quantitative risk analysis
• Risk triggers
• Risk posture: balancing the risks and rewards of digital technology
• Risk treatment
• Achieving a risk-informed mindset and culture 

Structuring for digital business

• Governance 
• Structuring the organization 
• Transitioning from traditional to new organizational structures