Topic: Demonstrating the Value of IT

An improved method for measuring Total Cost of Ownership of data center and network room physical infrastructure and relating these costs to the overall Information Technology infrastructure

This business case template provides an outline to create a business case for your IT Investments linked to business value.

 This paper explains in depth the Economic Value Added (EVA) framework, its proper use and compares the framework to other value measurement frameworks.

 This paper presents a research study to evaluate six computing models using Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) framework.

 This paper presents a cost and performance measurement system that integrates the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) method with the Economic Value Added value-based financial performance measure.

Of late, there is a lot of emphasis on IT ROI. While this is commendable, extending this argument to convert the IT Organization into a profit center is taking it to another extreme. For example, are HR, finance, and marketing profit centers? Why not?

This paper presents the results of a case study undertaken by the Federal Chief Information Officers Council to ascertain the applicability of Applied Information Economics (AIE) and the Balanced Scorecard in measuring IT value.

 A step-by-step guide to information and communication technology (ICT) Business Cases (DAM/VAM).

Applied Information Economics (AIE) is a method for quantifying the value of IT investments. This overview of AIE provides an overview of key IT decision problem, how AIE solves them and how AIE is different from other methods.

Introduction to Earned Value Management (EVM) provides an overview of the basic concepts and highlights industry trends in its usage over the decades.