Technology Strategy Production

Definition

Technology Strategy Production

the architecting task during which the technology strategy of the customer organization’s business enterprise is produced

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, technology strategy production is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Task
• Subclasses: None

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of the technology strategy production task are to:

• Document the technology strategy of the customer organization’s business enterprise.

Preconditions

Technology strategy production can typically begin when the following preconditions hold:

• The business strategy phase has begun.
• The technology strategy team has been adequately:
  • Staffed.
  • Trained in technology strategy production.
• The technology partner selection has begun.
• The technology vendor selection has begun.

Completion Criteria

Technology strategy production is typically complete when the following postconditions hold:

• The new technology strategy for the customer organization’s business enterprise has passed evaluation, been baselined, and accepted by the customer organization.

Steps

Technology strategy production typically involves the following teams performing the following steps in an interative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Technology Strategy Team:
  • TBD.

Techniques

Technology strategy production can typically be performed using the following techniques:

• Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions

Work Products

Technology strategy documentation typically results in the production of all or part of the following work products:

• Technology Strategy

Guidelines

• This task is primarily useful for business [re]engineering endeavors, but it may also be useful on application development endeavors in which new technologies are being used.