What you'll learn

Most IT organizations operate reactively, spending budget and engineering capacity maintaining legacy systems while struggling to justify modernization investments to the business. In this course, Building an IT Strategic Plan, you'll gain the ability to architect and execute a continuous IT strategy that directly drives business outcomes. First, you'll explore how to audit your environment for hidden technical debt, shadow IT, and the true financial cost of your current systems. Next, you'll discover how to embed financial accountability and shift-left security directly into your engineering execution, and translate that work into boardroom-ready ROI. Finally, you'll learn how to build a dynamic planning system that absorbs market change, and create a governance foundation capable of scaling AI initiatives without triggering compliance catastrophes. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of modern IT strategic planning needed to position your technology function as a measurable, adaptable business revenue engine.