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Maturing Business IT Alignment Capability

Aligning IT with business is not a one-off effort — it’s a capability that grows and matures over time. This category on Maturing Business IT Alignment Capability explores how organizations evolve from basic coordination to truly integrated, strategic partnerships between IT and the business.

Here you’ll find:

  • Maturity models that define stages of Business IT Alignment, from ad-hoc and reactive to optimized and continuously improving.
  • Guidelines and roadmaps for progressing through maturity levels, helping you identify where you are today and what’s needed to advance.
  • Common challenges and success factors, drawn from organizations that have transformed their alignment practices over time.
  • Case examples and benchmarks showing how leaders in different industries have matured their alignment capability to drive sustained competitive advantage.

Whether you’re building a multi-year strategy for improving alignment or simply looking to move from operational support to proactive partnership, these resources will help you chart a clear path forward.

his guide offers an in-depth exploration of Business-IT Alignment, focusing on practical tools and strategies to bridge gaps between business goals and IT infrastructure.

How to Measure Business IT Alignment?

his guide offers an in-depth exploration of Business-IT Alignment, focusing on practical tools and strategies to bridge gaps between business goals and IT infrastructure.

Business IT Strategic Alignment Maturity Model

This presentation discusses business it alignment maturity – what is business it alignment? why is business it alignment difficult to achieve? how to assess business it alignment?

Business IT Alignment Maturity Model

Prof. Luftman has proposed a maturity model for Business IT Alignment. Does that model cover the entire value chain? The author proposes a model that plugs this hole