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IT-STRATEGY AND THE NEED FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT
In modern society, information technology is an integral part of successful business. For the most effective implementation of technologies in production, the need for an IT strategy is obvious. When deciding on the development of an IT strategy, especially in the case of a decision to order this analytical document from an external organization, the company finds itself in a risk zone, starting with the choice of a contractor and quality control of the provided product and ending with the problem of integrating this product into the enterprise.
An IT strategy allows you to determine what information tools - programs, services, services, specialists - a company will need to achieve its business goals. With the help of an IT strategy, it is possible to competently use technology as a necessary complex of disciplines studying methods of processing and storing information, the use of computers and production equipment, as well as related social, economic and cultural problems.
The IT strategy allows you to develop an optimal action plan to provide information support for the processes of managing the production and economic activities of the enterprise (IT structure), which gives the company:

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  the ability to timely adapt the IT structure to the changing needs of the company
  
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  prompt provision of employees with information resources, which allows to guarantee their continuous work
  
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  the ability to timely exchange information between divisions and branches of the company
  
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  improving the comfort and quality of work of employees, including the possibility of faster processing of documents
  
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  improving the comfort and quality of work of employees, including the possibility of faster processing of documents
  
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  improving the comfort and quality of work of employees, including the possibility of faster processing of documents
  
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  improving the quality of accounting operations, strengthening financial discipline (including through special programs)
  
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  narrowing the staff of specialists due to automation (operators, technical specialists, etc.) increasing the confidentiality of electronic document management due to a progressive protection system
  

Understanding all the advantages of the existence of an IT strategy for an organization, the question arises of its creation, both at the expense of an internal staff of specialists, and with the help of services of external partners (outsourcing).
The process of creating an IT strategy requires considerable material costs, so large holdings tend to form subsidiaries of IT companies, which can become self-sufficient by working in the external market. For example, YUKOS has SIBINTEK, LUKOIL has LUKOIL-Inform, HPP has SB-Sistema, which is currently being created.
Medium-sized companies, on the other hand, use outsourcing to create their IT strategy. One of the risks arising when ordering a strategy from an external organization is the inability of the contractor to create an adequate model, taking into account the specifics of the customer's activities. In addition, the developer company should provide the customer not only with the strategy itself, which is convenient to use, but also with options for its application, taking into account the time frame during which it is relevant. When contacting an external organization, it is necessary to take into account the fact that manufacturers are often forced to compensate for their investments in scientific research at the expense of the consumer. Some way out of this situation can be considered the purchase of licenses only after the vendor has fully implemented the technology.
It is often advisable to make an IT strategy developer your business partner in order to interest him in the final result, in the correct implementation of the program. The role of the control link in this case is performed by the strategist of the customer company, who monitors the development of the IT strategy and the creation of the project office. These measures will help avoid unnecessary costs and help build the system so that only those resources that are used have to be paid for.