02 — Capability · BC-710.10
Technology Strategy & Operating Model
Translate business direction into a technology direction and shape the teams, roles and ways of working that can deliver it, so the organization is built for the work it actually has.
- IT Strategy
- Technology Operating Model
- Digital Strategy
In scope
- Multi-year technology strategy and its refresh cycle
- Operating model design across plan-build-run
- Sourcing posture by capability — build or buy or partner
- Technology-side input to corporate planning
Out of scope
- Corporate strategy and planning (see BC-110)
- Target-state architecture (see BC-170)
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- No product in the catalog yet.
Used in · 0
- Not yet placed on a value stream.
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Decomposes into · 4
- BC-710.10.10Technology Strategy FormulationSet the handful of technology bets, constraints and outcomes the organization commits to over a planning horizon, and revisit them when the business changes.
- BC-710.10.20Operating Model DesignDefine how technology work is organized — teams, roles, decision rights and handoffs — and adjust it as delivery models shift from projects to products.
- BC-710.10.30Sourcing PostureDecide, capability by capability, what the enterprise builds, buys or hands to a partner, before any individual deal is pursued.
- BC-710.10.40Strategy Communication & AlignmentKeep business leaders and technology teams working from the same version of the strategy, with a cadence for checking that initiatives still serve it.