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Build a Strategic IT Workforce Plan

Staff your IT organization for success; availability is not a skill set.

  • Talent has become a competitive differentiator. To 46% of business leaders, workforce planning is a top priority – yet only 13% do it effectively.
  • CIOs aren’t sure what they need to give the organization a competitive edge or how current staffing line-ups fall short.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • A well defined strategic workforce plan (SWP) isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have.
  • Integrate as much data as possible into your workforce plan to best prepare you for the future. Without knowledge of your future initiatives, you are filling hypothetical holes.
  • To be successful, you need to understand your strategic initiatives, workforce landscape, and external and internal trends.

Impact and Result

The workforce planning process does not need to be onerous, especially with help from Info-Tech’s solid planning tools. With the right people involved and enough time invested, developing an SWP will be easier than first thought and time well spent. Leverage Info-Tech’s client-tested 5-step process to build a strategic workforce plan:

  1. Build a project charter
  2. Assess workforce competency needs
  3. Identify impact of internal and external trends
  4. Identify the impact of strategic initiatives on roles
  5. Build and monitor the workforce plan

Build a Strategic IT Workforce Plan Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should build a strategic workforce plan for IT, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.

1. Initiate the project

Assess the value of a strategic workforce plan and the IT department’s fit for developing one, and then structure the workforce planning project.

2. Analyze workforce needs

Gather and analyze workforce needs based on an understanding of the relevant internal and external trends, and then produce a prioritized plan of action.

3. Build the workforce plan

Evaluate workforce priorities, plan specific projects to address them, and formalize and integrate strategic workforce planning into regular planning processes.


Member Testimonials

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.

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Great Lakes Water Authority

Guided Implementation

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No bad parts. Brittany is obviously an expert.

Pima County Community College District

Guided Implementation

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Allison quickly got me to a point where I can start building out a plan to build an IT organization for the future. Very straightforward. I love ... Read More

ProDriven Global Brands

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Heather helped us through several analyst calls utilize some infotech org planning tools and create our own materials for internal career path conv... Read More

NEPC, LLC

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Human Resources Management

Have the right people, in the right place, at the right time.
This course makes up part of the People & Resources Certificate.

  • Course Modules: 4
  • Estimated Completion Time: 2-2.5 hours
  • Featured Analysts:
  • Carlene McCubbin, Sr. Research Manager, CIO Practice
  • James Alexander, SVP of Research and Advisory, CIO Practice

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About Info-Tech

Info-Tech Research Group is the world’s fastest-growing information technology research and advisory company, proudly serving over 30,000 IT professionals.

We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.

MEMBER RATING

9.0/10
Overall Impact

10
Average Days Saved

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve.

Read what our members are saying

What Is a Blueprint?

A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.

Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.

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Get the help you need in this 3-phase advisory process. You'll receive 7 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.

Guided Implementation 1: Initiate the project
  • Call 1: Scoping call to establish the relevance of this project for your organization
  • Call 2: Discuss your current state assessment and project plan

Guided Implementation 2: Analyze workforce needs
  • Call 1: Discuss your organization’s culture and identify role and staff competencies
  • Call 2: Determine impact of internal and external trends
  • Call 3: Determine the workforce implications and discuss gaps

Guided Implementation 3: Build and monitor the workforce plan
  • Call 1: Identify projects to address gaps in the workforce plan
  • Call 2: Review metrics and determine a schedule for the review of key initiatives

Authors

David Spindler

David Glazer

Contributors

  • Anne Roberts, President, Leadership Within Inc.
  • Cindy Grant, Vice President, HR, Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company
  • Laurie Johnson, GC3 Getting Connected Coaching & Consulting
  • Martha McIver, Vice President Canada HR, CBRE Limited
  • Noelle Sargent, EVP, HR, International Financial Data Services
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