An Organizational Structure for IT Department - Case Study Example

Outline a Project Select process for AgCredit to ensure alignment with the enterprise business vision. The project selection process should be done in-house, however, the project should be selected and implemented by a more competent manager as the limited technical expertise of Paul Manley will not do for a project of enterprise scale. How should Manley “make the case” for SOA to ensure that the executive team at AgCredit buys in? SOA is a strong case but the Manley has a personal stack involved in it as he wants to be at the helm of affairs himself despite his limited capacities to run a project of enterprise scale.

However, he can make the case of SOA if the pilot project he has suggested to Schader is completed satisfactorily. What new internal IT capabilities will have to be developed in order to create an IT department to support AgCredit’s future business architecture? A full-scale IT Directorate with regional IT Centers is indispensable for AgCredit to launch their future business vision while automating and integrating their existing disrupted Information Systems. A team of highly professional network managers and developers is required to handle the case of an enterprise-level network environment and a totally integrated software solution to address all existing issues with business process automation.

What aspects of IT governance do you think would be important in supporting this transformation? The most important aspect is to resolve the issues with manning the IT Infrastructure with the principle of the right man at the right place. Especially, Manley as the head of IT is a misfit for future IT vision and implementation of a highly available, scalable and efficient enterprise software solution.