Title: Organization
1 Enabling ExxonMobil with Information Technology
Michel Renard Manager, Infrastructure and
Applications Information Technology Division,
ExxonMobil Global Services Company October 31,
2006
2Exxon Mobil Corporation and its affiliates
A global family of companies operating in 200
countries
3Exxon Mobil Corporation
A Global Functional Organization
Upstream
Downstream
Chemical
Development Exploration Gas Power
Marketing Production
Basic Chemicalsand Intermediates Manufacturing
Polymers
Fuels Marketing Lubricants Specialties Refinin
g Supply
ExxonMobil Research Engineering Company
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
corporate research
ExxonMobil Global Services Company
4Information Technology Division
- VISION
- Our vision is to be recognized internally as a
strategic partner of ExxonMobil's businesses in
leveraging information technology for business
success and externally as the undisputed industry
leader in IT integration in enabling business
success. - MISSION
- Our mission is to provide, through partnership
with our client organizations, effective and
efficient information technology that enables the
success of ExxonMobil. - PRINCIPLES
- Effectiveness
- Information technology is a distinguishing
capability of ExxonMobil, adding value through
the linking of Information Technology to business
processes. - Partnership with client organizations throughout
the IT solution life cycle is key to success. - Efficiency
- Global, common and standard solutions are the
basis of efficient IT service delivery. - Strategies such as standardization,
consolidation, automation and cost-effective
sourcing deliver reliable and secure IT services
at the lowest unit cost. - People
- ExxonMobil IT people have diverse professional
backgrounds enabling them to rotate between the
business and IT organizations. - Our people contribute to the companys success
through challenging and rewarding assignments.
5IT Scope of Services
6IT 5-Year Strategic Plan
External IT Trends
IT Technology Strategy
IT 5-Year Strategy/Plans
Business IT Strategy Upstream, Downstream,
Chemical, Corporate
IT Service Strategy 14 base Services support End
User Productivity and Applications
Business Strategy
IS Governance
IT Organization Strategy
7Business Governance over IT Function
IT Governance Board
Upstream Governance
Downstream Governance
Chemicals Governance
Staff Function Governance
- Corporation
- Members are senior business leaders plus IT
Division VP - Recommend Information Technology long term
strategies and plans - Formulate broad IT policy (internet, security and
controls, etc.) - Recommend total IT affordability limits
- Establish standard investment return criteria
- Facilitate cross-business issue and priority
resolution - Make global cost vs. service tradeoff
recommendations for shared IT services - Provide guidance for budgets, major corporate IT
initiatives, etc. for affiliates - Business Lines and Staff Functions
- Develop 5-year plans
- Ensure business and IT alignment
- Set priorities
- Monitor project delivery and economic performance
through reappraisals
8Shared Governance Continuum
Business IT Strategy Investment
Portfolio Business Application Portfolio Applicati
on Information Architecture Technology
Portfolio Security Controls Shared
Infrastructure Services
Business IT Governance
IT Internal Governance
9IT Services Management
- Service Objectives To achieve or maintain
- Best in Class Cost Performance - As measured by
unit cost and total cost - Reliability - As measured by availability and
incident levels - Security - As measured through assessments,
audits and incidents - Adequate Functionality - As determined by
business requirements - Service Strategies
- Standardization
- To reduce the diversity of processes, procedures,
technologies, and skills - Consolidation
- To reduce the number of instances and capture
economies of scale - Automation
- To reduce the human factor, which drives up cost
and errors - Technology Life Cycle Management
- To adopt technologies when they are "ripe" and
refresh "just in time" to maximize asset life - Cost Effective Sourcing
- To determine the most economical source (internal
or selectively outsourced) for service components - Demand Management
- To influence responsible user behavior
10IT Internal Service Delivery Governance
Overall Governance Senior Leadership Team (IT
LT) Service Governance Service Owners chair
individual service councils Service providers
and customers participate Governance
Process Annual refresh of 5-year
plans Semi-annual performance/plans review with
LT
11Effective IT Governance key ingredients
- Process
- Structural and process alignment with business
governance - The right Global Council members -- very senior,
representing the entire business - Tiered governance appropriate to the required
level of decision making - Regular face-to-face meetings with pre-meeting
briefings by IT staff - The right agenda and topics for the audience
- Relationships
- Demonstrated service provider effectiveness
members are not overly distracted by cost,
controls, or delivery issues - Close working relationship between business
management and IT - Foundation
- Commonly understood strategies (globalization/stan
dardization/sourcing/etc.) - Universally understood investment criteria and
reappraisal process - Structured 5-year plans aligned with business
plans