The “Run IT Like a Business” category is an essential resource for CIOs, IT leaders, and technology professionals seeking to transform their IT organization into a value-driven, customer-focused, and efficient business unit. As part of our CIO Reference Library, this category offers insights, practical advice, and resources on various aspects of running IT like a business, including IT leadership, strategy, service management, and financial management.
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By staying up-to-date with the latest “Run IT Like a Business” resources, CIOs, IT leaders, and aspiring professionals can gain valuable insights, practical guidance, and information on how to excel in their roles and advance their careers. Visit this category regularly to discover new content that will help you stay current with industry trends, develop your understanding of IT’s role as a business unit, and succeed in the dynamic world of IT leadership.
Running IT like as business has advantages but it requires a fundamental shift in thinking, processes and the operating model. This whitepaper discusses these changes to make the running IT like a business effort a resounding success!
This guide offers CIOs practical strategies to manage IT as a business, aligning IT with business goals, improving efficiency, and driving innovation through Technology Business Enablement. It includes actionable insights, key imperatives, and a framework of integrated capabilities.
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.
This case study illustrates the journey of a large company to run IT like a business. It illustrates the decisions they made, the framework they used, and the roadmap to running IT like a business. Good Read!
This whitepaper discusses the requirements of running IT like a business – what a business driven CIO must do to extract the biggest bang for their IT buck! Good Read!
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.
This guide offers CIOs strategies for transitioning IT operations into a business-oriented service model, focusing on service management, business alignment, and creating value. It addresses common challenges and provides actionable steps to improve IT efficiency and relevance in today’s dynamic market.
This step by step guide to running an information technology organization like a value center. Running IT like a business is the imperative because it maximizes return on investment, and provides excellent business IT alignment. However, most organizations cannot transform themselves from a cost center focus to a value driven focus. Here is some helpful guidance for CIOs who want to undertake this transformation. Excellent Read!
This presentation provides an overview of running IT like a business. What does it mean? Why should one consider running IT like a business? How to implement IT as a business? CIOs who are trying to migrate their organizations into internal service organizations can gain a lot of information from
