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IT Strategy Book How Does IT Drive Business Strategy?

This is a book on IT Strategy with a difference: it discusses how technology is driving business change across industry! It discusses the key IT trends shaping the world around us. If you want to understand the impact of technology on business models, business ecosystems and the world we live in, this is an excellent book to spend some time with. The authors present an in-depth view of the new business world that is taking shape driven by ground breaking technological breakthroughs – collaborative software, cloud computing etc. are not just technologies, they are a means to create unprecedented business value. The challenge is to understand their potential and know where and how to leverage them. This book is a great place to start.

How to Build a Better Business Case

This presentation discusses the key building blocks of a business case and the steps needed to assemble them into a meaningful instrument to communicate the value proposition of an initiative.

Business Case Example

Business case example highlights the preliminary or high level considerations in an investment proposal. This sample can be used to create your business case for an investment. More detailed analysis is/should be required for build approval.  

How to Write a Good Business Case

This guide to writing good business cases first discusses what is a good business case and then describes the process for creating one with numerous references to resources for creating business cases.

Business Case Primer

This is a simple primer to prepare a business case to justify IT investments. It covers a typical business case template and discusses all its sections.

Business Case Process Guide

This guide is focused on the process more than the content of an investment business case. It provides templates and examples to illustrate the business case preparation and approval process. You will have to sift through some situation specific information to leverage this document but it is worth it.

The Strategic Management Maturity Model

The Strategic Management Maturity Model (SMMM) complements the Balanced Scorecard framework by providing an assessment of an organization’s relative position in terms of strategic management in a peer group. SMMM also provides insight into best practices by benchmarking across organization or departments.

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