Save time, empower your teams and effectively upgrade your processes with access to this practical Data Center Investment Toolkit and guide. Address common challenges with best-practice templates, step-by-step work plans and maturity diagnostics for any Data Center Investment related project.
Download the Toolkit and in Three Steps you will be guided from idea to implementation results.
The Toolkit contains the following practical and powerful enablers with new and updated Data Center Investment specific requirements:
STEP 1: Get your bearings
Start with...
- The latest quick edition of the Data Center Investment Self Assessment book in PDF containing 49 requirements to perform a quickscan, get an overview and share with stakeholders.
Organized in a data driven improvement cycle RDMAICS (Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control and Sustain), check the…
- Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation
Then find your goals...
STEP 2: Set concrete goals, tasks, dates and numbers you can track
Featuring 578 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Data Center Investment improvements can be made.
Examples; 10 of the 578 standard requirements:
- How will the ongoing shift towards digital transformation and the increasing reliance on data and analytics across industries influence data center investment, particularly in terms of the need for high-performance computing, storage, and analytics capabilities, and what new opportunities will arise for specialist providers of high-performance infrastructure and services?
- How do data center innovation hubs and incubators measure their success in terms of the number of startups and entrepreneurs they support, the amount of funding they attract, and the impact of their innovations on the broader data center industry, and what are the most important key performance indicators (KPIs) used to evaluate their effectiveness?
- How are investors and developers incorporating environmental and social responsibility considerations, such as water usage, energy efficiency, and community engagement, into their data center location decisions, and what are the key performance indicators (KPIs) used to measure the sustainability and social impact of different locations?
- What are the primary factors that investors and developers consider when evaluating the potential of an urban data center location, such as access to high-speed connectivity, proximity to major business districts, and availability of skilled labor, and how do these factors impact the overall feasibility and desirability of the location?
- How do the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) characteristics of data center REITs, including their energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives, impact their potential for long-term value creation and returns, and what are the implications for investors seeking to align their investments with their values and priorities?
- What are the key environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations that investors and developers evaluate when assessing the feasibility of a data center project, including factors such as carbon footprint, water conservation, and community engagement, and how do they incorporate ESG criteria into their investment decisions?
- How are the increasing demand for real-time data processing and analytics in industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail driving the need for more powerful and dense data center infrastructure, and what are the implications for investment in areas such as server and storage capacity, cooling systems, and power distribution?
- What are the primary drivers behind the selection of a specific geographic region for data center deployment, and how do investors and operators weigh the importance of factors such as latency, connectivity, and proximity to end-users against concerns around operational costs, regulatory environments, and access to skilled labor?
- What are the key factors that investors and developers consider when evaluating the potential of colocation data center business models, including the demand for specific services, such as managed services, interconnection, and cloud access, and how do they assess the competitive landscape and market share of established players?
- How are data center investors using data analytics and monitoring to drive collaboration and transparency across different stakeholders, including facility managers, IT teams, and finance departments, and what are the benefits of these approaches in terms of improving communication, reducing silos, and driving business outcomes?
Complete the self assessment, on your own or with a team in a workshop setting. Use the workbook together with the self assessment requirements spreadsheet:
- The workbook is the latest in-depth complete edition of the Data Center Investment book in PDF containing 578 requirements, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...
Your Data Center Investment self-assessment dashboard which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next:
- The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard; with the Data Center Investment Self-Assessment and Scorecard you will develop a clear picture of which Data Center Investment areas need attention, which requirements you should focus on and who will be responsible for them:
- Shows your organization instant insight in areas for improvement: Auto generates reports, radar chart for maturity assessment, insights per process and participant and bespoke, ready to use, RACI Matrix
- Gives you a professional Dashboard to guide and perform a thorough Data Center Investment Self-Assessment
- Is secure: Ensures offline data protection of your Self-Assessment results
- Dynamically prioritized projects-ready RACI Matrix shows your organization exactly what to do next:
STEP 3: Implement, Track, follow up and revise strategy
The outcomes of STEP 2, the self assessment, are the inputs for STEP 3; Start and manage Data Center Investment projects with the 62 implementation resources:
- 62 step-by-step Data Center Investment Project Management Form Templates covering over 1500 Data Center Investment project requirements and success criteria:
Examples; 10 of the check box criteria:
- Resource Breakdown Structure: What is the number one predictor of a groups productivity?
- Lessons Learned: What on the Data Center Investment project worked well and was effective in the delivery of the product?
- Stakeholder Management Plan: Are non-critical path items updated and agreed upon with the teams?
- Scope Management Plan: Have all involved Data Center Investment project stakeholders and work groups committed to the Data Center Investment project?
- Activity Cost Estimates: Who & what determines the need for contracted services?
- Quality Audit: How does your organization know that the range and quality of its social and recreational services and facilities are appropriately effective and constructive in meeting the needs of staff?
- Risk Audit: When your organization is entering into a major contract, does it seek legal advice?
- Project Scope Statement: Will statistics related to QA be collected, trends analyzed, and problems raised as issues?
- Human Resource Management Plan: Is there a formal process for updating the Data Center Investment project baseline?
- Procurement Management Plan: Is there general agreement & acceptance of the current status and progress of the Data Center Investment project?
Step-by-step and complete Data Center Investment Project Management Forms and Templates including check box criteria and templates.
1.0 Initiating Process Group:
- 1.1 Data Center Investment project Charter
- 1.2 Stakeholder Register
- 1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix
2.0 Planning Process Group:
- 2.1 Data Center Investment project Management Plan
- 2.2 Scope Management Plan
- 2.3 Requirements Management Plan
- 2.4 Requirements Documentation
- 2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix
- 2.6 Data Center Investment project Scope Statement
- 2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log
- 2.8 Work Breakdown Structure
- 2.9 WBS Dictionary
- 2.10 Schedule Management Plan
- 2.11 Activity List
- 2.12 Activity Attributes
- 2.13 Milestone List
- 2.14 Network Diagram
- 2.15 Activity Resource Requirements
- 2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure
- 2.17 Activity Duration Estimates
- 2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet
- 2.19 Data Center Investment project Schedule
- 2.20 Cost Management Plan
- 2.21 Activity Cost Estimates
- 2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet
- 2.23 Cost Baseline
- 2.24 Quality Management Plan
- 2.25 Quality Metrics
- 2.26 Process Improvement Plan
- 2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix
- 2.28 Roles and Responsibilities
- 2.29 Human Resource Management Plan
- 2.30 Communications Management Plan
- 2.31 Risk Management Plan
- 2.32 Risk Register
- 2.33 Probability and Impact Assessment
- 2.34 Probability and Impact Matrix
- 2.35 Risk Data Sheet
- 2.36 Procurement Management Plan
- 2.37 Source Selection Criteria
- 2.38 Stakeholder Management Plan
- 2.39 Change Management Plan
3.0 Executing Process Group:
- 3.1 Team Member Status Report
- 3.2 Change Request
- 3.3 Change Log
- 3.4 Decision Log
- 3.5 Quality Audit
- 3.6 Team Directory
- 3.7 Team Operating Agreement
- 3.8 Team Performance Assessment
- 3.9 Team Member Performance Assessment
- 3.10 Issue Log
4.0 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group:
- 4.1 Data Center Investment project Performance Report
- 4.2 Variance Analysis
- 4.3 Earned Value Status
- 4.4 Risk Audit
- 4.5 Contractor Status Report
- 4.6 Formal Acceptance
5.0 Closing Process Group:
- 5.1 Procurement Audit
- 5.2 Contract Close-Out
- 5.3 Data Center Investment project or Phase Close-Out
- 5.4 Lessons Learned
Results
With this Three Step process you will have all the tools you need for any Data Center Investment project with this in-depth Data Center Investment Toolkit.
In using the Toolkit you will be better able to:
- Diagnose Data Center Investment projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices
- Implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals
- Integrate recent advances in Data Center Investment and put process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines
Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role; In EVERY company, organization and department.
Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'
This Toolkit empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Data Center Investment investments work better.
This Data Center Investment All-Inclusive Toolkit enables You to be that person.
Includes lifetime updates
Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.
