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Information Technology Strategic Plan Sample (Texas)


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The Four Domain Architecture


 

In this paper, we present the Four-Domain Architecture (FDA), which integrates business process, information, knowledge, and elements pertaining to infrastructure and organization. The FDA approach can help guide the development of both the conceptual and emergent architecture. The FDA helps an enterprise in the definition, design, and creation of a set of tools and methods to support frameworks such as the Zachman framework.

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Start smart. Your first step could make your journey!


 

More often than not, "first impressions" make all the difference. Your opportunity to make this critical "first impression" on an IT Strategy project is with the "kick off" communication. Are you hitting it spot on? Or, are you busily creating a disaster for yourself and your organization?

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Insiders Guide to Outsourcing


 

 This introductory chapter provides the myths, risks and best practices of outsourcing with a checklist for strategically successful offshoring.

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Businesses in the dark over value of outsourcing


 

Do you know the time and/or cost it took to select your outsourcing provider? Neither do 79% of the respondents to this KPMG survey. Read the survey.

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Part IV: A Framework For IT Value


 

Last week, we discussed the cost dimension of IT Value. This week, we will discuss the time to market dimension.

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Information Technology Strategic Plan Sample (Oklahoma)


 

Information Technology Strategic Plan sample (Oklahoma) provides a good template to build an IT Strategy.

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Information Technology Strategic Plan Sample (Missouri)


 

 Information Technology Strategic Plan sample (Missouri) provides a good template to build an IT Strategy.

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Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide


 

A guide to evaluate and select enterprise architecture tools.

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e-Business Research - RFID Adoption and Implications


 

 This study focusing on the adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies and their impact on the manufacturing, transportation, retail and healthcare industries.

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Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework (EAAF) Template

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/19/2010
Source: OMB First Published: 2009 Views: 131 Comments: 0

 Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework (EAAF) Template determines the progress of an enterprise architecture program - both in terms of process and outcomes - against stated objectives.

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Category: Features,Downloads,Enterprise Architecture,Enterprise Architecture Assessment,Enterprise Architecture Framework,FEA


Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework (EAAF) Guide

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/19/2010
Source: OMB First Published: 2009 Views: 158 Comments: 0

 Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework (EAAF) determines the progress of an enterprise architecture program - both in terms of process and outcomes - against stated objectives.

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Category: Features,Downloads,Enterprise Architecture,Enterprise Architecture Assessment,Enterprise Architecture Framework,FEA


ITIL Implementation Best Practices

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/18/2010
Source: Gartner First Published: 2004 Views: 192 Comments: 0

 ITIL best practices as well as short-comings in the ITIL framework.

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Category: Downloads,Research,IT Governance,IT Governance Best Practices ,IT Governance Framework ,ITIL,IT Service Management


What is IT Governance?

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/18/2010
Source: Auditor General Canada First Published: 2009 Views: 103 Comments: 0

IT governance has been discussed from a private sector perspective. This article aims to bridge the gap between private and public sector concepts and approaches on IT Governance.

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Category: Editor's Choice,IT Governance,IT Governance 101,IT Governance Best Practices


What It Takes to Make ‘Star’ Hires Pay Off

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/17/2010
Source: MIT Sloan Review First Published: 2010 Views: 42 Comments: 0

"Many companies hire top-notch talent but then fail to reap the full benefits of those star employees. Often, the culprit is faulty managerial practices."

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Category: CIO Career,Team Building


Managing IT to Win in the Recovery

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/17/2010
Source: Bain & Co. First Published: 2010 Views: 56 Comments: 1

 This paper provides CIOs with five questions they should ask to avoid doing permanent damage due to rapid, unfocused IT cost cutting.

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Category: Editor's Choice,Downloads,IT Strategy,IT Cost Optimization


An Executive’s Guide to Management Tools

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/17/2010
Source: Bain & Co. First Published: 2009 Views: 354 Comments: 0

 Executive's Guide to Management Tools provides a quick primer/overview of 30 top management tools. The related Management Tools and Trends Survey provides insights into their use and performance.

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Category: Features,Downloads,Research,IT Strategy


The Impact of Culture on Business and IT Alignment

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/16/2010
Source: A.J.Gilbert Silvius et al. First Published: 2009 Views: 135 Comments: 0

  Is business and it alignment affected by national culture? Is business and it alignment more mature in one country than in another?

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Category: Editor's Choice,Downloads,Research,IT Strategy,IT Strategy Case Studies,IT Research


The IT Value Hierarchy

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/16/2010
Source: Robert Urwiler First Published: 2008 Views: 270 Comments: 0

 IT Value Hierarchy provides a framework to assess IT value/roi so a CIO can make better IT project portfolio prioritization decisions.

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Category: Editor's Choice,Downloads,IT Strategy,IT ROI/Value


Attaining Competitive Advantage Through Diversity

By: Webmaster CioIndex On: 03/12/2010
Source: Spencer Suart First Published: 2010 Views: 88 Comments: 0

 Diversity management goes well beyond hiring women and minorities, however. "It basically concerns the central issue of whether – and to what extent – social diversity should be reflected in companies."

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Category: Features,Downloads,CIO Career,Leadership ,Culture,Managing People


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