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If not, you should be. Take advantage of my IT Manager Planning Tools Offer available the entire month of October and streamline your planning effort.
Take a practical approach to 2004 planning and budgeting for your IT Organization. This special package will guide you through the entire process quickly.
Let's face it, most of us hate to plan and budget. It can be much simpler and easier when you know how to go about it.
Each of the books in my IT Manager Development Series provides a practical approach to give you insight on :
What to do to be a successful IT Manager,
Guidance in how to go about it,
Tools I've personally developed and used,
Real life examples to clarify key points.
Three of the ten books in my Series are bundled along with all of the tools described in them to give you immediate help in planning and budgeting for next year.
2004 IT Manager's Planning Tools
Before you budget, you need to have a plan for next year. IT initiatives have budget implications. If you are to create a budget that is achievable, it's important to develop a strategy for 2004.
Here is what you get with the
2004 IT Manager's Planning Package
eBook #1 - Building a Strategic IT Plan takes you step by step in developing a strategy so you will have the cost estimates you need for budgeting.
Developing a strategy for your IT Organization sends a message to others that you are a mature Manager who takes proactive steps toward controlling your destiny and someone who makes things happen.
Believe me, this single step will set you apart from most of your counterparts and elevate your status in your company.
It doesn't take all that long to develop a simple strategy when you have a process and easy techniques to follow. This book walks you through an example that anyone can follow to build an IT strategy.
eBook #2 - Developing an IT Business Plan is all about budgeting. Learn how to build your IT budget in record time and minimal hassle using techniques and tools that I've used many times myself.
Want to learn how to develop aggressive but achievable budgets?
Well, the first step is knowing where the "pressure points" are in a budget and where you need to apply certain amounts of buffer to create an achievable plan.
Budgeting is about knowing where to be conservative and how to anticipate the things that can (and will) jump up and surprise you in the coming year.
This book includes many "little known secrets" to budgeting that helps insure that you achieve your budget plan year after year.
Budgeting is as much an "art" as it is filling in the right numbers. Tips that I've learned the hard way in building budgets for over twenty years will give you all the insight you need to achieve your budget consistently.
eBook #3 - IT Asset Management gives you insight and tools to help you keep track of the technology investments your company is making. Having good records gives you quick access to information that affects your operational budget planning.
Simple tools can make all the difference. This book helps you focus on the areas that are important and that can make your life simpler when you maintain accurate information.
With a few simple tools and understanding, this chore is a lot easier than you might think. I have always believed in minimizing administrative efforts and these tools can help you stay "on top" of your IT business plus be better prepared than ever for budgeting activities.
Item #4 - Planning tools are essential components. Knowledge is essential but practical tools are what makes the process of planning easy and saves valuable time.
Each book in this Planning Package describes tools that I developed over the years for my own personal use in planning strategy, budgeting, and organizing my plans.
Other managers were always amazed at how well I was able to budget and that I never exceeded my budget. It's not all that complex really when you know where and how to address the issues that can cause you to exceed your budget.
Each of the tools provided in this package are tools that I actually used as an IT Manager and CIO.
My planning tools are:
simple,
easy to use,
and they work !
The list of tools you receive with the three planning ebooks include:
- "Where do you want to be" questionnaire
- Sample Business Automation Strategy
- Budget Worksheet
- Staffing Plan Worksheet
- Department Budget Template
- Budget Notes
- Data Telecom Circuit Inventory
- Software License Template
- Capital Budget Template
- IT Assets Templates:
- Servers
- Data Center Equipment (non-servers)
- Software Licenses
- Phone/Fax/Dial-up Modem Lines
- WAN Circuits
- Vendor Support Contracts
- IT Staff Compensation
- Vendor Contracts
- Desktops/Laptops/Local Peripherals
- External Client Software Licenses
- Employee Equipment Change Request Form
That's twenty tools in all.
All the tools were developed by me for my own use and they have helped me submit aggressive but achievable budgets for many years.
Each of the tools are discussed fully in the eBook it relates to and the tool itself includes instructions and examples as needed to help you use it quickly.
They are easy to use and will help you organize and plan your business for next year quickly.
BONUS #1 - Free copy of What To Look For in a CIO
The first book I wrote is What To look For in a CIO. Order the 2004 IT Manager Planning Package by October 31st and you will receive a free copy with your order.
One of the tools in this book will help you evaluate where you are relative to important traits needed in a CIO, a Business Applications Manager, or an IT Infrastructure Manager.
This book was targeted to executives of companies to help them better understand what they needed to lead their company's IT Department. It's not always a full fledged CIO, you know.
It's also a document that will help any IT Manager gain insight into what senior IT executives need to focus on if they are to be successful and can provide valuable insight that helps your career.
In addition to the free eBook, I include the Technology Leadership Skills/Experience Matrix tool I developed to help senior executives evaluate their IT leadership needs.
BONUS #2 - Price discount
Normally, the three planning books sell for $89.85 and do not include the EXCEL and WORD tools that will come with this special offer. The tools are worth quite a bit by helping you get started immediately.
Add the free book, What To look For in a CIO and all the tools, and the package is easily worth $150.00 or more.
Order by October 31st
and receive everything for
$79.00
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