Topic: it cost cutting ideas

IT Cost Optimization Levers

This paper presents eleven levers to manage information technology (IT)) costs.

June 25, 2012 No Comments

Rethinking IT Cost Management Strategies

Arguing that IT organization has no room to be squeezed more, the authors make the case for supply management as an effective way to optimize IT’s costs

June 25, 2012 No Comments

Effective IT Cost Management

This whitepaper discusses using enterprise architecture as a tool for information technology (IT) cost management.

June 18, 2012 No Comments

Seven Tips for Optimizing IT Costs

This whitepaper discusses seven (7) areas that can help bring costs in line with business results.

June 18, 2012 No Comments

IT Chargeback for IT Cost Optimization

The presenter argues for taking it chargeback beyond cost reporting to cost optimization:

June 4, 2012 No Comments

A Holistic Approach to Managing Budgets

 Cost management is still a top priority. However, making meaningful cost reduction without affecting performance is easier said than done. This article discusses "a structured and pragmatic approach to zero-basing can help achieve sustainable cost reduction while protecting key activities."

May 16, 2011 No Comments

Cost Estimating Guide

This cost estimating guide provides a framework, based upon best practices, that can be modified to develop, evaluate and manager IT investments’ cost estimates.

March 2, 2011 No Comments

Use IT to Reduce Business Costs

The IT function should be at the heart of an organization’s efforts to reduce the cost of conducting business. Here’s what CIOs and other business leaders should focus on.

January 31, 2011 No Comments

The IT Cost Reduction Playbook

This IT Cost optimization guide provides ideas to achieve "Rapid, Radical & Sustainable IT Cost Improvements"

November 29, 2010 No Comments

IT Strategy Framework

A framework for business IT alignment.

May 18, 2009 No Comments

Sample IT Strategy Plan

A good IT Strategy Plan that you can use as a template to create your own.

May 22, 2009 No Comments

IT Strategy Presentation

This in-depth – 78 pages – presentation goes into just about everything you would have wanted to know about IT Strategy aka business IT alignment (ICT Strategy, IS strategy, IS strategic alignment, IT Alignment, strategic information systems planning (SISP)…)

June 1, 2009 No Comments

IT Strategy Example

This is an in-depth information technology strategic planning example that details the process and framework that CIOs can adapt to give direction to their own IT Organizations. Excellent Read!! (200 pages)

October 9, 2012 No Comments

IT Strategy Template

Use this template to create an IT strategic plan for your organization – aligning business with IT strategy. IT Strategy Template can be downloaded for free by CIO Index members.

September 29, 2013 No Comments

7 Steps to Business and IT Alignment

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.

September 30, 2018 No Comments

What is IT Strategy (Information Technology Strategy)?

There are many definitions of IT Strategy. Which one is true?