873 Group Project
12 Oct 00 Presentation
Columbia Energy Group
Mike Davidson
Scott Herbst
Mike McCalmont
Dave Root
Parul Tandon
Song Xiang
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Executive Introduction
Background of CEG
IT Planning / Strategic Concepts
Current Strategic Initiatives
Recommendations
Conclusion
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Columbia Energy Group
• Federated Company
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Distribution (5 companies)
Exploration (5 Companies)
Energy Marketing
Transmission and Storage (2 companies)
Power Generation and Others (2 companies)
• $ 7 Billion in Assets
• 6% of Budget is IT
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Strategic Planning
• Integral with Business Plan
– 9 of 11 points IT related
– Each Unit also has own Plan
– Coordination
• Federated Decision Making
– Hybrid - Centralized Oversight
• Business Drivers and IT architecture by
Consensus
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IT Constitution
• In lieu of separate IT plan
• Columbia Energy Group Service Corp.
– Overall Architecture
– Common Systems
– Business Units independence
• Leadership Council
• Management Council
– Program Maintenance Offices
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Strategic Initiatives
• Mobile Data Terminals (MDT)
– Rightsizing due to trust in MDT
• Just-In-Time Warehousing
• Geographical Information System
• Lotus Notes
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Recommendations
• Greater executive involvement in strategy
development
• Consistent Policy for Benefit Review
• Strengthened coordination across Business
Units
• Expanded use of “IT” education across end
users.
• Review long term value of E-commerce
opportunities
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Principle: Complement traditional management by focusing on aligning
projects and initiatives with business strategic goals.
Benefits
Coordination
Alignment?
Delivery
Project Project Project Project
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As-is
Technology Services
Time
Cost
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Benefit Realization
Quality
Resource
Rationalization
Risk
Mitigation
Conclusion
• Questions
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