Business IT Alignment

What are the strategies to quickly align business with IT? How can a CIO use these strategies in his or her role as a business partner to entice forces in various business and functional units to unite?

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.

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.

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>>

This article takes on the issue of demand and supply mismanagement and provides a solution. Excellent read!

This case study uses Total Economic Impact (TEI) to evaluate the financial impact of implementing the application streaming feature of Citrix's Presentation Server. The document shows all calculations and assumptions that go into creating this business case using Total Economic Impact (TEI).

This case study uses Forrester's Total Economic Impact (TEI) to evaluate the financial impact of implementing the Sun Ray Virtual Display Terminals. The document shows all calculations and assumptions that go into creating this business case using Total Economic Impact (TEI).

Why does IT Strategy work sometimes and not others?

Often, the emphasis is on creating an IT Strategy. Before you do, understand the context of IT Strategy i.e. what is its role and scope.