Topic: it value

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.

  This whitepaper provides valuable insight into business it alignment, measurement of business value created by IT, measurement of this IT value and making better decisions based upon this measurement.

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

Want to measure the value of IT? Intel has proposed a solution based upon its "Business Value Index." Attached is an introduction to the methodology.

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

IT Business case template can be used to perform a cost benefit analysis to support funding of IT investments.

  A Template to developing ICT investment business cases with comprehensive planning and analysis of the project’s demand, value, risk and costs.

 Align business and IT strategy using Tracy and Wiersema’s Value Discipline model and "technology themes"

 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.