Topic: strategy cycle

No business will ever reach the goal of “business and IT alignment”. Should this discourage you from pursuing business and IT alignment? NO! It is a worthy goal to pursue. Indeed, it is a critical one to pursue. You might never reach alignment but you can take steps to get ever closer. This requires a process. Often, we ignore the fact that business and IT alignment is a process. This process does not have a starting point nor does it have an end. It is a series of “learn and do” cycles that incrementally get towards alignment. Let me explain.

The spectrum of views on IT goes from the far right aka "IT doesn't matter" to traditional "IT is an enabler" to a more progressive "IT is a driver". Your problem: how to develop an effective IT Strategy? Read On>>

 A simple framework to understand the relationship between business strategy, organizational strategy and IT strategy.

 This planning methodology guide explains the basic steps to perform IT strategic planning.

This paper presents a definition, process and methodology for IT Strategy.

2010 University of Colorado Information Technology Strategic Plan - use it as a template to create your own IT Strategic Plan.

Often, the talk about the connection between Business and IT Strategy does not translate into action. At other times,  IT Strategy is devised in isolation. This is a good discussion on the big picture of strategy in an organization - soup to nuts framework to connect ALL the organizations strategic processes, people and technology. Good Read!

 This presentation discusses performance assessment to determine and plug the it delivery gap i.e. the promise of strategy not being fulfilled by execution.