INTRODUCTION

Let's examine what you have so far. You have defined and approved business cases as discussed in the preceding two chapters. These are ready to be organized into Quick Hits and e-business. How these are phased over time is your e-business implementation strategy. The e-business implementation strategy is your roadmap to carry out your e-business transformation. You can then use the strategy to help you define the specific projects that implement the business case opportunities.

The e-business implementation strategy provides the glue between:

• E-business vision, objectives and strategy, on the one hand, and the e-business implementation, on the other.

• Definition of the specific opportunities for improvement and e-business, on the one hand, and the implementation plans on the other.

What is the e-business implementation strategy? At the heart it is a table. The columns of the table are specific phases of implementation (Quick Hit and e-business phases). There are two sets of rows. The first set consists of the areas of Quick Hit improvements and e-business implementation. The second set is composed of capabilities from the standpoint of customers, suppliers, IT, business departments, employees, management, and stakeholders (from Chapter 2) as well as overall benefits and risks. This is really what a customer, etc. can do as a result of the work in the column. The e-business implementation also supports later changes and evolution in e-business. The e-business implementation table can be reviewed and updated as you proceed. This provides support for modifications to the vision and objectives of...