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IT Strategy Best Practices – Page 2

Strategic Planning Best Practices

This article provides tips on strategic planning – for each step in the process. Best practices are listed for each step in the strategic planning process.

An Integrated Approach to Running IT as a Business

This paper discusses running IT like a business for better business results from IT investments. The author argues that the concept of running IT like a business is not about just the financial considerations, it entails a comprehensive approach which must include integrated processes, governance, and metrics to prove the

Case Study: Running IT Like a Business

This study puts in context “running IT like a business” making the vital connections that must be made with issues of business IT alignment, IT value, IT Organization design, and IT finance.

Running the Business of IT

This presentation approaches “running IT like a business” as “running the business of IT.” It explains what it means, what are its benefits, what are some leading practices, where to start, how to implement it, and how to measure success.

Running IT Like a Business Using Component Business Model

This whitepaper introduces the Component Business Model Framework for the business of IT (CBM-BoIT). This framework helps IT Organizations take a business focused, strategic approach to IT aka "running IT like a business." It breaks down the IT organization into functional "components" so they can be assessed for the business value they can generate thereby helping prioritize IT investment.

Running IT Like a Business Example

This case study details the workings on an internal information technology (IT) organization as a business. You can use this running IT as a business example to create your own model for the business of IT.

Running IT as a Business Using ITIL

The author discusses using ITIL framework for IT transformation to meet the challenges faced by a CIO today – manage IT in the context of business, allocate more dollars to innovation versus maintenance, establish an operating model for IT that maximizes business value, ensure round the clock availability of mission critical applications and do all this for lower cost!

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