Business Consulting
Business and IT Strategy Consulting
Connect business goals to the capabilities, architecture and investments needed to reach them, in a roadmap your organization can actually execute.
Make Technology a Driver of Business Strategy
Technology decisions shape what a business can do for years: which products it can launch, how quickly it can enter a market, how efficiently it operates and how well it handles data and AI. Yet in many organizations IT plans are a list of projects inherited from previous budgets, and business strategy is written without a clear view of the systems, data and skills required to deliver it.
Hanoi Technology helps leadership teams close that gap. Using capability-based planning, we map what the business needs to do, assess how well current processes, applications and data support it, and design a target operating model and architecture. The result is a prioritized, costed roadmap validated by engineers who build such solutions every day.
The Challenge
Common Strategy and Alignment Challenges
These issues often signal that business and IT strategy need to be reconnected.
Projects Without a Clear Link to Goals
The IT portfolio contains many initiatives, but few can be traced to a business objective or a measurable outcome, so prioritization becomes political.
Complex, Costly Application Landscapes
Years of acquisitions and point solutions leave overlapping applications, custom integrations and technical debt that slow every change and consume budget.
Unclear Operating Model
Responsibilities between business, IT, data teams and vendors are blurred. Decisions take too long and accountability for outcomes is unclear.
Uncertainty About Cloud, Data and AI
Leaders know they need to modernize but lack an objective view of options, costs, risks and sequencing, so investments stall or happen in silos.
Business Value
What a Connected Strategy Delivers
Investment Focused on Value
Every major initiative is linked to business capabilities and outcomes, making prioritization transparent and defensible.
Simpler Architecture
Application rationalization and target architecture reduce duplication, integration complexity and running costs.
Faster Decision-Making
A clear operating model and governance define who decides what, speeding up approvals and execution.
Realistic Roadmaps
Initiatives are sequenced by dependencies, capacity and risk, with effort and cost estimates checked by delivery teams.
A Foundation for Data and AI
Strategy explicitly addresses the data platforms, governance and skills that analytics and AI initiatives depend on.
Shared Language Across Leadership
Capability maps give business and technology leaders a common view of where to invest and why.
Start with Capabilities, Not Systems
Business capabilities, such as onboarding customers, pricing products or settling claims, change far less often than organization charts or applications. Planning around them gives a stable backbone for strategy: you can see which capabilities differentiate you, which are underperforming and which systems and data support each one, and invest accordingly.
Our Services
Hanoi Technology’s End-to-End Business and IT Strategy Services
Strategy services that combine business analysis with deep technology expertise.
Business Capability Assessment
We build a capability map of your organization, assess maturity and strategic importance of each capability and identify where gaps limit your goals.
- Business capability map
- Maturity and heat map
- Gap and opportunity analysis
IT Strategy and Roadmap
We define technology principles, investment themes and a sequenced roadmap covering applications, data, infrastructure, security and skills.
- IT strategy document
- Multi-year roadmap
- Investment plan and budget view
Target Operating Model Design
We design how business, IT, data and vendors work together, including organization, roles, processes, governance and sourcing.
- Target operating model
- Roles and responsibilities
- Governance and decision rights
Enterprise Architecture and Rationalization
We document the current application and data landscape, assess fit and cost, and define a target architecture with retirement and consolidation plans.
- Application portfolio assessment
- Target architecture
- Rationalization plan
Digital, Data and AI Strategy
We identify where digital products, data and AI can create value, assess readiness and define the platforms, governance and use cases to pursue.
- Opportunity assessment
- Data and AI readiness review
- Use-case portfolio
Business Case and Program Mobilization
We quantify costs, benefits and risks of key initiatives and help set up program governance, teams and tracking for successful execution.
- Business cases
- Program governance setup
- Benefits tracking framework
Our Approach
Our Strategy Methodology
A structured, evidence-based approach that brings business and technology leaders together.
- 01
Understand Strategic Goals
We interview executives and review strategy documents to clarify objectives, constraints and the outcomes the strategy must deliver.
Deliverables: Strategic objectives summary · Success criteria
- 02
Assess the Current State
We map capabilities, processes, applications, data, costs and skills, using surveys, workshops and analysis of system and financial data.
Deliverables: Current-state assessment · Capability heat map
- 03
Define the Target State
We design the target operating model and architecture with options and trade-offs discussed openly with leadership.
Deliverables: Target operating model · Target architecture
- 04
Build the Roadmap
We define initiatives, dependencies, sequencing, costs and benefits, validated by our delivery architects for feasibility.
Deliverables: Prioritized roadmap · Business cases
- 05
Mobilize and Track
We help launch the first initiatives, set up governance and KPIs and review progress regularly against the roadmap.
Deliverables: Mobilization plan · Roadmap KPIs and reviews
Use Cases
Strategy Engagements in Practice
Examples of situations where we support leadership teams.
Technology Strategy for a Growth Phase
A scale-up preparing for international expansion defines the platforms, data architecture and team structure needed to support new markets and products.
Post-Acquisition Integration
After an acquisition, we assess both application landscapes and design a consolidated target architecture with a phased migration plan.
Legacy Modernization Roadmap
An established company with aging core systems compares replatforming, rebuilding and buying options and sequences modernization to limit business risk.
IT Operating Model Redesign
A company moves from project-based IT to product teams aligned with business domains, with new roles, funding and governance.
Cloud and Sourcing Strategy
Leadership evaluates which workloads to migrate, retain or retire, and which operations to keep in-house or move to managed services.
Data and AI Opportunity Portfolio
A business identifies, scores and sequences data and AI use cases, with the platform and governance investments each one requires.
Technology
Frameworks and Tools
Established methods and tools that keep strategy work structured and transparent.
- TOGAF
- ArchiMate
- Business Capability Modeling
- Business Model Canvas
- OKRs
- Wardley Mapping
- IT4IT
- COBIT
- ITIL 4
- LeanIX
- Ardoq
- Sparx Enterprise Architect
- Power BI
- Miro
- Jira Align
Platforms
Deliver Business and IT Strategy on Your Preferred Platform
Why Hanoi Technology
Why Organizations Choose Hanoi Technology
Senior, Cross-Functional Teams
Strategy, data, AI, cloud and engineering specialists work as one team, so nothing is lost between hand-offs.
Proven Delivery
More than 50 projects delivered for clients in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Radical Transparency
A written update every week and a demo of working software every sprint, so you always know where things stand.
Cost-Effective Global Delivery
Experienced engineers from our Hanoi delivery hub, with working-hour overlap for every major time zone.
Success Story · Fintech
All-in-one digital banking app for a traditional bank
A traditional financial institution wanted to compete with neobanks for mobile-first customers. We replaced a set of separate banking, investing and payment apps with one product that people use every day.
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Real estate
+38%lead conversion rateProperty discovery and lead conversion for a US real estate marketplace
A US marketplace connecting buyers, sellers and agents had plenty of traffic but few enquiries. We built personalized property discovery, AI valuation and a one-tap route to contact an agent.
Education and EdTech
2×course completion rateAdaptive learning paths for a global online education platform
An online education platform had strong enrollment but only about 35% of learners finished their course. We built adaptive learning paths, a mobile app for short lessons and progress features that keep learners going.
Resources
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Business and IT Strategy FAQ
How long does a business and IT strategy engagement take?
A focused assessment, such as an application portfolio review or data and AI readiness check, typically takes four to six weeks. A full IT strategy with target operating model and roadmap usually takes eight to twelve weeks, depending on the size of the organization and number of business units. We share interim findings throughout, so leadership can steer the work and early quick wins can start before the final roadmap is ready.
Who from our organization needs to be involved?
We need an executive sponsor, typically the CEO, COO, CIO or CTO, plus representatives from key business units, IT, finance and, where relevant, data and security teams. Most participants spend a few hours in interviews and workshops. A small core team helps us access documentation and data. We plan the schedule carefully to limit disruption to daily operations.
Are your recommendations vendor-neutral?
Yes. We are not reselling software or infrastructure as part of strategy work, and we evaluate options based on your requirements, existing landscape, skills and costs. Where we have hands-on experience with platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Databricks or Snowflake, we share it openly, including limitations. Our goal is a roadmap you can defend to your board and deliver with any partner.
What deliverables will we receive?
Typical deliverables include a business capability map and heat map, a current-state assessment of applications, data and costs, a target operating model and target architecture, a prioritized and costed roadmap and business cases for major initiatives. We also provide the underlying models and data, so your team can update the roadmap as circumstances change instead of starting from scratch next year.
How do you estimate costs and benefits in the roadmap?
Cost estimates come from our delivery teams, based on comparable implementation work, combined with your internal rates, licensing and infrastructure costs. Benefits are estimated together with business owners using measurable drivers such as time saved, error reduction, revenue uplift or cost avoidance. We document assumptions transparently and present ranges where uncertainty is high, so leadership can judge the confidence behind each figure.
Can you help implement the roadmap?
Yes. Because our consultants work alongside software, data and cloud engineers, we can deliver roadmap initiatives directly as projects, dedicated teams or managed services. Many clients start with one or two high-priority initiatives to build momentum while governance for the wider program is set up. Throughout delivery we provide weekly written progress updates and sprint demos, and track progress against the roadmap KPIs.