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For Strategic IT Planning, Focus on the Demand Side

Posted January 27, 2009 | Leadership |

A good friend of ours who is very active in business strategic thinking in many industries has mentioned to us that only 20% (or less) of business strategies and goals actually are worked on. This squares with our own experience in working with more than 100 companies worldwide. How can we plan IT to support business strategies if 80% of those strategies do not in fact drive business activities? On the other hand, we know that business managers undertake many initiatives that are not, strictly speaking, connected to the business strategy statements.

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
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
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