I teach a course to graduating seniors at the University of North Carolina on IT planning and management. We recently finished the course segment on understanding the current state of IT and had begun the segment on developing an IT strategy. I was talking about the usefulness of creating a vision of the future state of IT for this purpose, when a student asked me what the difference was between a vision and a goal.
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Kenneth Rau is an internationally recognized authority on IT strategic planning, governance, control, and performance measurement. Mr. Rau has conducted research, written, spoken, consulted, and practiced in these areas for more than 30 years, helping businesses increase the business value of IT. His current areas of focus are IT performance measurement, governance, financial and risk management, and IT organizational change management.… Read More
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