ITIL-4-DITS: ITIL 4 Leader: Digital & IT Strategy

Consumers will be able to access advice and request prescriptions quickly at all times without attending a medical facility is the best value proposition for the healthcare user market to include in the strategy. It describes how the online access to healthcare services will benefit the consumers by meeting their needs and expectations, creating value and convenience for them, and differentiating the service from the competition. Reference: ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy, page 12-13

A sourcing strategy is about deciding how to acquire and manage the resources and capabilities needed to deliver services, including suppliers and partners. An organization that is continually changing to maintain customer and market relevance needs a sourcing strategy that can support these changes by enabling flexibility, agility, innovation and collaboration with suppliers and partners. Reference: ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy, page 75-76

Customer and market relevance is about understanding and meeting the needs and expectations of customers and markets, especially in a dynamic and competitive environment. Operational excellence is about delivering services efficiently and effectively, with high quality and reliability. An innovative social media platform can help improve engagement with young consumers by enhancing customer and market relevance, while operational excellence can support the delivery of the platform and its services. Reference: ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy, page 15-16

All the organization's stakeholders should contribute to risk assessment because they have different perspectives, insights, and interests in relation to the organization's objectives, activities, and outcomes. Their involvement can help identify, analyze, evaluate, and treat risks more effectively and comprehensively. Reference: ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy, page 59

Lagging metrics report what has been achieved by measuring the outcomes or results of past actions or activities. They are easy to measure but difficult to influence. They are useful for evaluating performance and validating hypotheses. Leading metrics predict what is likely to happen in the future by measuring the inputs or drivers of future outcomes or results. They are difficult to measure but easy to influence. They are useful for forecasting and influencing performance. Reference: ITIL 4

Leader: Digital and IT Strategy, page 83-84

A digital task force is a cross-functional team that is responsible for defining and implementing a large scale digital transformation programme. This can help ensure that the programme is aligned with the organization's vision and strategy, has clear objectives and scope, follows a structured approach, leverages best practices and innovation, and delivers value to the organization and its stakeholders. Reference: ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT Strategy, page 47-48

Vision and strategy should be defined in collaboration with the leaders of the organization and division to ensure alignment, coherence, and buy-in across the organization. This can help create a shared understanding of the goals, values, and direction of the organization and its divisions, as well as leverage the expertise and insights of different leaders. Reference: ITIL 4 Leader: Digital and IT

Strategy, page 9-10