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IT Investment Management Frameworks – Page 2

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.

ICT Business Case Development Guide

This business case development guide describes a best practice based approach to developing investment proposals specific to information technology investments – establish a clear need, define benefits, and explore strategic options. This guide includes things sometimes omitted by others specifically, technology selection, organization readiness, and procurement.

Economic Efficiency Analysis Using WiBe Framework

This quick overview of the WiBe Framework starts with a discussion on economic efficiency as it relates to IT projects and then describes how the WiBe Framework is designed to measure it.

CIO Guide Investment Management for High-ROI IT Portfolios

CIO’s Guide to IT Investment Management for High-ROI IT Portfolios: A Lifecycle Framework for Selecting, Governing, and Continuously Improving Technology Investments

This CIO investment management guide shows you how to treat IT spending as a balanced portfolio, applying ROI hurdles, portfolio mix analysis, and risk-adjusted decision-making. It covers the full lifecycle—from project selection and active oversight to post-implementation evaluation—while emphasizing data integrity, clear decision criteria, and continuous improvement. Includes a self-assessment tool for benchmarking maturity and identifying process gaps.

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