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A Framework to Assess IT Project Success

This paper presents a framework to assess IT/IS project success and confirms the importance of 1) managing user expectations 2) communications in the success of Information Technology.

Business IT Alignment Through a Shared C-Suite Vision for IT

Can the CEO, CFO, CMO, CPO, and the CIO envision the same future for the information technology capability of the organization? Is it possible? Is it necessary? Does it help? The authors present a framework to make this shared vision for IT possible and useful! 

Service-Oriented Architecture and IT-Business Alignment

Does SOA live up to its promise of enabling business it alignment? Authors argue that SOA has not lived up to its promise however, "IT infrastructure flexibility is a potential enabler of IT-Business strategic alignment under conditions of a dynamic external environment."

What Drives Business IT Alignment?

This research paper examines the impact of six factors on business it alignment (strategic alignment) namely, leadership, values and belief, IT managerial resources, service quality, and IT implementation success.

Enablers and Inhibitors of SISP

This paper presents a model of interrelationships between inhibitors and enablers of Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) and reports on a pilot case study that investigated enablers and inhibitors of SISP in a large Korean corporation. The study demonstrated close relationships between enablers and inhibitors and benefits of SISP.

What Helps Business IT Alignment?

The author’s research hints at three things with business it alignment: 1) alignment improves organizational performance 2) formal organizational structure alignment does not help 3) informal organizational alignment does have a positive impact!

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