Businesses tend to manage IT from the bottom up, or more likely,
from the “back office” to the front. Too often IT and Corporate
strategies become misaligned. According to the ITGI (IT Governance
Institute), “50% of organizations do not have a formalized
governance structure to align business and IT.” Do any of the
following Symptoms sound familiar:
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Overspending
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Missed Expectations
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Complexity vs. Simplicity
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Renegade Business Applications
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End-User Fear of Asking
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3+
Week Bottleneck for Anything from IT
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ROI over ROR (Return on Resume)
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Too many
“Surprises”
On the
other hand, ISI’s research shows that nearly 80% of Best-In-Class
Market Leaders share the common trait of IT being managed by a
deliberate Strategy, properly aligned with Corporate Goals and
Policies.
ISI’s
approach is to design IT Strategy and Governance to support and
fulfill those of your Organization. When IT and Organizational
Strategy are aligned, it looks something like this:
