"Catalyst helped us realize a technology plan is the single most important ingredient to effectively use technology in our bank. The technology planning process helped us minimize technology-related crises, use staff time efficiently, and avoid wasting money."
The Challenge
For financial institutions interested in improving their technology planning process, Catalyst offers Enterprise Technology Planning, a service designed as a roadmap for developing or improving your institution's technology plan.
Catalyst facilitates your planning process with an organized approach that saves time, yet produces a comprehensive plan that ensures continuity between your business requirements, current and available technology, scalability and the resources needed to support it.
We look at markets and trends, competition and customers, at the organization and its resources – then use what we learn to ensure that the future direction can be successfully implemented.
Catalyst Response
While this plan is individually tailored to each organization's needs the following components are the framework from which we begin the process:
- Technology Plan Development
- Documenting the Business Strategy
- Analyzing the Business Strategy
- Mapping IT Assets
- Perform a Gap Analysis
- Strategic Vision and Governance Model
- Decision Making Framework
- Publish, Promote, Maintain the Strategy
Benefits
Catalyst value comes from the ability to offer you a structure from proven experience and an organized process that maximizes your time invested. We leave you with a plan that is comprehensive, executable and a guiding source for making future decisions.
