Background
The Information Technology Cost Management course is suited to IT people placed in the role of IT cost manager who has been performing the role for some time but has never received any formal training.
The course is also suitable as an introduction for anyone thinking about IT cost analysis role or for other cost management professionals with a focus on IT investment and operation, and wanting to gain a more in-depth understanding of the role and responsibilities in the area of cost management.
This ‘Fundamentals’ course is aimed at learning real-world IT cost analysis and IT budget development and implementation skills that can be used in the workplace especially in an organization with high IT investment.
Course delegates or course participants; should be able to return to their working environments and work as effective Cost Management team members immediately adding value and building effective relationships with business and IT stakeholders.
The course uses case studies to analyze approaches to managerial cost investment and operation (CAPEX and OPEX) The course also covers the application of decision and control models, planning, and control in IT cost management, while also concern with decision control models, and cost planning.
Objectives
By the end of the IT Cost Management the participants will be able to:
- To have a thorough understanding of the IT cost management including all the parameters and issues related
- To have a complete perspective on IT Investment Management Process
- Work with business users (stakeholders) to define different types of IT cost investment and operation
- A framework to calculate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for IT enterprise resource systems
- To have the capability to break-down complex IT cost scenarios or cost problems into process and data models (cost management related)
- To Have capability in implementing modern cost management concept as related to IT infrastructure
- To have the capability to reduce and optimize IT cost as related to the investment, operation, and maintenance of IT installation and the infrastructure
Audience:
This course was originally designed for IT managers and those who involve in the activities such as related to IT investment, operation, and maintenance. However, the course is also suitable for experienced IT managers and Investment Analysts as it:
- Provides a reinforcement session for those IT staff who have been doing the job for many years but have never received formal training in IT cost management
- Provides a ‘standard’ approach to be adopted by teams who might currently be using a mix of different techniques in IT cost management and.
- IT Security Staff
- Risk Management Staff
Contents
- Module 1 – Introduction to IT Cost Management
- Module 2 –: Performance Evaluation
- Module 3 –Strategic Investment For Information Technology
- Module 4 – IT Cost Management Information
- Module 5 – The Flexible Budget and Standard IT Costing
- Module 6 – Flexible Budget: Analyzing Factory Overhead
- Module 7 –Operational IT Cost
- Module 8 – Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for IT enterprise resource systems
- Module 9 –Strategic Investment for IT Infrastructure
- Module 10 – Review
Methods :
- Presentation
- Discussion
- Case Study
Lead Instruktur
Dr. Ir. Fauzi Hasan. MM, MBA, and Team
