The IT Strategy Playbook:

How CIOs and CTOs can drive business growth through focused action, architecture, and execution

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The IT Strategy Playbook (Part 1): Define, Shape, Deliver How CIOs, CTOs, and senior technologists move from activity to outcomes by closing four recurring gaps.

The IT Strategy Playbook (Part 1): Define, Shape, Deliver

How CIOs, CTOs, and senior technologists move from activity to outcomes by closing four recurring gaps.

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Architecture: Make Intentional, Consequential Decisions, On How A System Is Structured | Scott Millett Architecture: Make Intentional, Consequential Decisions, On How A System Is Structured “... don't try to find the best design in software architecture, instead, strive for the least worst combina...

Architecture: Make Intentional, Consequential Decisions, On How A System Is Structured

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Initiatives: The Building Blocks of Strategic Execution | Scott Millett Initiatives: The Building Blocks of Strategic Execution An initiative is a targeted, time-bound (don't confused with a project - e.g. we can invest in a team for a year to solve a problem - then ...

Initiatives: The Building Blocks of Strategic Execution

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IT Strategy | Scott Millett IT Strategy When people hear “IT strategy,” they often jump straight to technology choices: cloud vs on-prem, AI, automation, platforms, tools. But ironically, IT strategy isn’t about defining the sp...

IT Strategy

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How I Approach Funding in a Product Operating Model (While Still Dealing with Projects) | Scott Millett How I Approach Funding in a Product Operating Model (While Still Dealing with Projects) I still have many questions about how to fund teams in a product operating model, especially when project fundi...

How I Approach Funding in a Product Operating Model (While Still Dealing with Projects)

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The Different Levels of Architecture and How they Fit into Strategic Planning | Scott Millett The Different Levels of Architecture and How they Fit into Strategic Planning Architecture exists at multiple levels in the organisation. It spans technical components (such as software and infrastru...

The Different Levels of Architecture and How they Fit into Strategic Planning

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Confessions of a CIO | Scott Millett Confessions of a CIO It’s Father’s Day in the UK this Sunday, and I think it’s finally time I came clean… My book, The Accidental CIO: A Lean and Agile Playbook for IT Leaders, isn’t entirely origin...

Confessions of a CIO

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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant Step 2:… | Scott Millett How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant Step 2: Disaggregate the Problem (Follow-up to Step 1: Define the Problem 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekEhkGMz) In Step 1, we defined turned o...

How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant

Step 2: Disaggregate the Problem

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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant (Follow-up… | Scott Millett How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant (Follow-up to my last post 👉 So… how do you actually turn strategy into action? https://lnkd.in/enBb4Ufx) Step 1: Define the Problem...

How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant

1. Define the problem

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Great news, fellow tech leaders! The Accidental CIO: A Lean and Agile… | Scott Millett Great news, fellow tech leaders! The Accidental CIO: A Lean and Agile Playbook for IT Leaders is now under £20 on Amazon UK https://amzn.to/48J7T3i For just twenty English pounds, you’ll get the too...

The Accidental CIO: A Lean and Agile Playbook for IT Leaders is now under £20 on Amazon!

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How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant (Follow-up… | Scott Millett How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant (Follow-up to my last post 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3DADh6Z) In my last post, I talked about how business strategy isn’t a roadmap—it’s a c...

How to Turn Strategy Into Action? --> Think Like a Consultant

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Strategy isn’t a roadmap. It’s a compass. So how on earth do IT leaders… | Scott Millett Strategy isn’t a roadmap. It’s a compass. So how on earth do IT leaders 'Align' to it?! IT leaders are often told to “align with the business strategy.” But that’s easier said than done as st...

Strategy isn’t a roadmap. It’s a compass. So how on earth do IT leaders 'Align' to it?!

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Product (and Project) Teams: Measuring Performance for Plan-Driven vs… | Scott Millett Product (and Project) Teams: Measuring Performance for Plan-Driven vs. Value-Driven Work In product-mode organisations, teams are typically aligned to long-lived problems, delivering continuously and...

Product (and Project) Teams: Measuring Performance for Plan-Driven vs. Value-Driven Work

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Achieving Flow with the Theory Of Constraints How do we ensure all effort… | Scott Millett Achieving Flow with the Theory Of Constraints How do we ensure all effort is focused on making the greatest impact to the flow of value? The theory of constraints (TOC) is a management philosophy to ...

Achieving Flow with the Theory Of Constraints

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Wrap Up 🚨… | Scott Millett The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Wrap Up 🚨 Strategy is not a roadmap. 🚨 Architecture is not just a set of diagrams. 🚨 Planning is not simply making a list of projects. Ye...

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Wrap Up

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning:… | Scott Millett The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Principles ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture - https://lnkd.in/e2kddg8P 🛠️ Planning - https://lnkd.in/exC9gCaR 🔗 Conne...

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Principles

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Key Decisions… | Scott Millett The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Key Decisions ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture -…

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Key Decisions

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: A Fractal… | Scott Millett The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: A Fractal Structure ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture -…

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: A Fractal Structure

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🤔 Why do we need an AI strategy? Isn't an IT strategy enough? I never had… | Scott Millett 🤔 Why do we need an AI strategy? Isn't an IT strategy enough? I never had an XML or RPA strategy! Unlike XML, Blockchain, or RPA, (Gen) AI is not just…

🤔 Why do we need an AI strategy? Isn't an IT strategy enough? I never had an XML or RPA strategy!

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Feedback ♟️… | Scott Millett The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Feedback ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture - https://lnkd.in/e2kddg8P 🛠️…

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Feedback

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Avoid Scraping Burnt Toast I am good at scraping burnt toast, but I don’t… | Scott Millett Avoid Scraping Burnt Toast I am good at scraping burnt toast, but I don’t want to automate it, I want a better toaster! Understand need and outcome. Don’t…

Avoid Scraping Burnt Toast

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning:… | Scott Millett The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Connections ♟️ Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB 🏠 Architecture - https://lnkd.in/e2kddg8P 🛠️…

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Connections

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning:… | Scott Millett The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Planning Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB Architecture - https://lnkd.in/e2kddg8P Tactical or…

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Planning
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Scott Millett on LinkedIn: “Technology can bring benefits if, and only if, it diminishes a… “Technology can bring benefits if, and only if, it diminishes a limitation.”,  Eli Goldratt Food for thought... - Effort can be wasted on things that aren’t…

“Technology can bring benefits if, and only if, it diminishes a limitation.”, 
Eli Goldratt

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The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Architecture… | Scott Millett The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Architecture Strategy - https://lnkd.in/eugvqgcB What is Architecture? If strategy is the…

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Architecture

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Scott Millett on LinkedIn: The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning:… The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Strategy What are first principles? First principles can help problem solving by breaking down…

The First Principles of Strategy, Architecture and Planning: Strategy

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Scott Millett on LinkedIn: Don’t Accept Generic Business Goals! Capture specific goals. Ask, How… Don’t Accept Generic Business Goals! Capture specific goals. Ask, How will the business win? How will we “delight customers”? → Offer delivery within 2…

Don’t Accept Generic Business Goals!

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Scott Millett on LinkedIn: How Architects Evolve Both Technical and Organisational Architecture… How Architects Evolve Both Technical and Organisational Architecture The Product Mode of operating shifts decision-making, funding, and planning to…

How Architects Evolve Both Technical and Organisational Architecture

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