Assessing Your IT Landscape

3 min read IT Strategy & Operations

A structured review of systems, security, and operations before planning change.

Learning objectives

Inventory systems and dependencies
Evaluate security and risk posture
Collect stakeholder priorities

Start with inventory

You cannot manage what you cannot see. Document every system, its owner, its users, and its dependencies. This inventory becomes the backbone of the roadmap.

Risk and security review

Are there unpatched or end-of-life systems?
Who holds administrator access?
Are backups current and tested?

Talk to stakeholders

Technical assessment must be paired with business priorities. Interview department heads about friction, pain points, and what a successful outcome looks like - the roadmap is only useful if people actually follow it.

Key takeaways

Inventory first; plan second.
Security gaps usually surface during assessment.
Business priorities shape the technical plan.