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IT Budgeting: A Management Perspective

Posted July 31, 2006 | Leadership | Cutter Benchmark Review

The budgeting process is of critical importance to IT and business professionals in our subscriber base; it is perhaps even more important nowadays as we begin to see a recovery in IT spending and, increasingly, a shifting of priorities away from a narrow focus on cost cutting and efficiency. It is within this context that we at Cutter Benchmark Review decided to take stock of current budget trends and priorities. We wanted to do so at a time of year when we could get good data (i.e., your organization has begun to think about its next budget and the priorities it wants to pursue), provide useful results (i.e., this issue comes out before you have closed your cycle), and offer practical guidance.

About The Author
Bob Benson
Bob Benson applies more than 40 years of academic and corporate experience to assist companies and government agencies in understanding the business value of IT, strategic and financial IT management, strategic IT planning, effective IT application development, and IT governance. He has written more than 100 Cutter Consortium Advisors on business technology strategy and IT governance as well as additional Executive Reports, Updates, and Cutter… Read More
Tom Bugnitz
Tom Bugnitz's specialties include business and organization transformation through information systems, information systems organization management, technology planning, the impact of new and emerging technologies, the impact of technology on business strategies, information systems operations, strategic systems applications, and leadership for executives. Mr. Bugnitz has lectured widely on these subjects and has codeveloped methodologies in… Read More
William Walton
Bill Walton's areas of special interest and expertise include performance measurement, integrated strategic planning, IT/business value, organizational change management, and technology driven change. Previously, Mr. Walton spent 17 years with Gartner Group and Real Decisions, where he was responsible for the development of several innovative IT measurement services and their associated analytical methods. Most recently, Mr. Walton was involved… Read More
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