Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets Into Tangible Outcomes
An excellent overview to Strategy Maps from its creators.
May 20, 2009
CIO Knowledgebase – Page 489
This IT strategy template provides a comprehensive outline to creating an effective IT strategic plan. The template includes sections for defining your business goals and objectives, identifying your IT capabilities, and outlining your IT strategy. The template also includes a set of metrics for measuring the success of your IT strategy.
IT transformation is fashionable. Buzzwords generally are. This article answers a simple question: what is IT Transformation? Defining IT Transformation is critical to the success of any CIO and the IT Organization they lead.
Explore a detailed overview of IT strategy. From its definition and foundational principles to its role in driving organizational success, this guide delves into every facet of crafting, implementing, and evaluating a robust Information Technology strategy.
Unlock the complexities of IT governance with a clear definition, key frameworks, and strategies to align technology with business goals. Explore best practices to ensure IT governance success.
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a comprehensive framework used to manage and align an organization's IT infrastructure, processes, data and strategies with its overall business goals. Learn about enterprise architecture, its definition, components, benefits, and challenges. Discover this critical business discipline's stakeholders, frameworks, and methodologies.
This in-depth and engaging - 78 slides - IT Strategy Presentation [ppt] communicates 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)...)
CIOs can use this step-by-step guide to improve business IT alignment
This information technology (IT) Strategic Plan Example details the key components of a good information technology strategy that aligns and prioritizes investments in IT with the business vision, mission, and goals.
Planning to self-study for the TOGAF 9.1 certification? This comprehensive guide provides a clear roadmap for aspiring enterprise architects. Discover the different certification pathways, how to access the official TOGAF 9.1 framework, and recommended Open Group study guides. We've also compiled valuable resources for practice questions and offer essential tips for effective learning, exam preparation, and booking your test. Start your journey to becoming TOGAF certified today!
Learn about e-business, its benefits, types, components, and examples. Understand the differences between e-commerce and e-business and their future outlook.
The Role of Middle Management in Six Sigma Success
Why do six sigma efforts fail or produce sub-optimal results? Weak middle management. Read the rest of the story…
May 20, 2009
Surprise! IT Still matters!
Does IT Matter? If you needed proof, here it is…
May 20, 2009
Practical ROI Metrics: A CIO’s Quick Reference to Measuring Project Value
This practical overview equips CIOs and IT professionals with actionable ROI metrics and straightforward cost-benefit models for evaluating technology and software process improvements. Featuring clear definitions, step-by-step examples, and detailed methods for SPI frameworks like Inspections, PSP, TSP, SW-CMM®, ISO 9001, and CMMI®, this guide enables precise financial assessments and informed investment decisions, enhancing strategic resource allocation and organizational efficiency.
May 20, 2009
Research and Development Using Strategy Maps
Can strategy maps be used to assess the value of R&D initiatives? Read On…
May 20, 2009
How Shared Services Have Come of Age
Have shared services been put out to pasture? Not exactly!
May 20, 2009
Is Shadow IT Out-of-Control?
Yankee Group calls it “consumerism” but this is old wine. Shadow IT has its pitfalls. Can you create a winning model that leverages its benefits?
May 20, 2009
Developing and Using Balanced Scorecard Performance Systems
Using balanced scorecard? This article provides a good overview of the performance measurement system.
May 20, 2009
M&A and CIO: Early Involvement Improves Success
M&A success depends on IT integration. This synergy is exponentially higher if IT is at the table – early!
May 20, 2009
Part IV — Knowledge-Based e-Business Model
This article explains how organizations can package their core competencies into knowledge-based e-business models. It explores examples like Dell and Progressive, explains how to digitize value chains, and shares strategic decisions for implementation depth and experience design.
May 20, 2009