What is an Infrastructure Plan?
An Infrastructure Plan is used to manage the development, maintenance, and operation of an organization's infrastructure. It is typically used by IT leaders, managers and teams to outline the goals and objectives for the organization's infrastructure and how to achieve them. The plan should include resources, timelines, and a roadmap for achieving the desired outcomes.
What's included in this Infrastructure Plan template?
- 3 focus areas
- 6 objectives
- 6 projects
- 6 KPIs
Each focus area has its own objectives, projects, and KPIs to ensure that the strategy is comprehensive and effective.
Who is the Infrastructure Plan template for?
The Infrastructure Plan template is designed to help IT leaders, managers and teams of all sizes and industries to create a plan to manage the development, maintenance and operation of an organization's infrastructure. With this template, users can define clear focus areas, set measurable targets, create related projects, and utilize Cascade Strategy Execution Platform to quickly and efficiently achieve their goals.
1. Define clear examples of your focus areas
Focus areas are the primary objectives of your Infrastructure Plan. Examples of focus areas could include improving infrastructure scalability, improving data security, or improving communication infrastructure. When defining your focus areas, think about the current state of your infrastructure and the desired outcomes you want to achieve.
2. Think about the objectives that could fall under that focus area
Objectives are the specific goals that need to be achieved in order to reach your focus area. Examples of some objectives for the focus area of Improve Infrastructure Scalability could be: Automate Infrastructure Maintenance, and Increase System Availability.
3. Set measurable targets (KPIs) to tackle the objective
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are measurable targets that can be used to track progress towards your objectives. When setting your KPIs, it is important to set an initial value, a target value, and a unit of measure to track progress. For example, if your objective is to automate infrastructure maintenance, then your KPI could be to decrease the time to deploy application updates, with an initial value of 10 minutes and a target value of 5 minutes.
4. Implement related projects to achieve the KPIs
Projects, also known as actions, are the steps taken to reach your objectives. Projects should be related to the objectives and KPIs that have been set. Continuing with the previous example, a project to automate infrastructure maintenance could be to implement an automation platform.
5. Utilize Cascade Strategy Execution Platform to see faster results from your strategy
Cascade Strategy Execution Platform helps organizations streamline the process of creating, executing and tracking the progress of their Infrastructure Plans. With Cascade, users can quickly and easily create plans, set objectives, define projects, and track progress in real-time.