IT Strategy For Cost Savings
This comprehensive report details the analysis and findings to reduce costs using IT strategy. An excellent example of IT Cost Optimization that a CIO can
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Case Study – IT Operations Optimization
This case study demonstrates the detailed step-by-step process used by a professional services firm to optimize enterprise IT Operations. The approach is two pronged: 1) align operations with business objectives 2) optimize operations based upon a best practices framework. The outcome is efficient, and effective IT operations that provide the biggest bang for the IT buck! (200 pages)
IT Cost Management in Practice
This paper discusses information technology cost management (IT Cost Management) from both a theoretical and practical perspective. It discusses IT cost management frameworks, and their application in industry.
IT Cost Optimization Case Study
This case study illustrates the use of a structured approach to IT cost optimization.
Creating a Preliminary Business Case for an IT Investment
This guide helps build an initial or indicative business case for an investment. This business case established the strategic context of the proposed investment, confirms
Creating a Business Case for an IT Investment
This guide helps create a business case for an IT investment. This business case establishes the strategic context and fit, confirms the case for change, identifies the investment option that maximizes business value, prepares a proposal for procurement, and seeks the necessary funding and management approvals for successful implementation.
Benefit Assessment of Investment Proposal
This document discusses benefit assessment of an investment proposal. Benefits management is vital in ensuring that an initiative achieves what it set out to do. It involves articulating what benefits are expected from the initiative, how it will be known that the benefits are achieved, and the assessment of what has eventuated against what was planned. Managing benefits extends beyond the lifecycle of a project or program. It requires a structure that survives long after the project/program team has disbanded.
Creating an Implementation Business Case for an IT Investment
An implementation business case provides justification for a particular implementation approach/solution for an IT investment – the primary purpose is to recommend a solution that maximizes the return on investment.
Investment Lifecycle Management Framework
This document provides an overview of a comprehensive investment lifecycle management framework to identify, select, fund, build, deploy and monitor investments – from investment proposals, to business cases to implemented solutions and key decisions in between.
Analyzing Strategic Investment Options
This document discusses an approach to analyze and prioritize strategic options for an investment – a critical step in getting the biggest bang for the investment dollar is to identify solution options, and then pick the right option to implement. Strategic option analysis is critical to investment decisions.