Aligning IT with
the Business
Creating and managing a business driven IT
organization for which the primary focus is implementing information oriented solutions
that are most important to meeting the business goals, objectives, and
strategies of the enterprise.
Why is this an
Issue?
1.
IT organizations do not have a clear understanding of what’s important to
the business.
2.
The value of IT is not understood by business executives (and some IT executives).
3.
Opportunities to use information technology are not identified, authorized,
prioritized, and implemented, based on importance to meeting business
objectives and goals
4.
The business does not participate, from an enterprise-wide perspective,
in decisions regarding IT direction and priorities.
What does this require?
1.
Educating business management regarding the importance of partnering with
the IT organization
2.
Giving up some control to the business regarding decisions about
information technology (strategy, architecture, priorities, spending, etc)
3.
Making IT related decisions with the same criteria used by the business
4.
Aligning the IT Organization structure, style, staffing, and skills to
match the requirements of the business
5.
Creating a process that keeps the business and IT aligned
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