The authors discuss a new model for IT – one that borrows key capabilities from their business counterpart. The article describes the use of these capabilities to create value from IT.
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.
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!
CIOs are under pressure to produce ever-more business value for even-less IT dollars. Is running IT as a business a solution? Exactly what does that entail? This research delved into this issue and spoke to current CIOs – what are they doing to run IT as a business? why? what are the results?
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 the need for a solution to a business problem, recommends an approach with a list of viable options, and gets approval for further analysis to
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.
This business case framework and approach is designed to improve the outcome of major investments using a structured approach that integrates disciplined decision making with program management and assurance. This approach provides an intuitive process to ensure key aspects of an investment proposal are considered and supported and a standard communication tool for engaging key stakeholders throughout the lifecycle and the various decisions at key points along it.
The Strategic Assessment is intended to provide stakeholders with a high degree of confidence that the investment they are considering aligns with the organizations strategic priorities and responds to a true business need. Stakeholders can consider the rationale for a proposed investment at an early stage, and determine if the proposal warrants the development of a business case.
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.
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.
