What has the SDLC got to do with IT Governance? It has long been the tradition of board-level executives to defer all key IT decisions to the company’s IT professionals. The truth is that many board-level executives don’t understand IT well enough to manage IT effectively; and IT professionals don’t understand business initiatives well enough […]
Smart Executives Invest in IT During Economic Downturns
Whenever there is a downturn in the economy, two corporate groups that seem to bear the brunt of fiscal conservatism are Human Resources and Information Technology. Unless you are actually in the business of IT to generate revenue, in the corporate world, both of these departments are cost centers. Although they are both productivity enhancement […]
The 3-Legged Stool of IT Business Value
During a meeting I attended while visiting an affiliate organization in the San Francisco area, the CEO shared his vision of business success as a three-legged stool of margin, sales and net profit. If any of the three legs of this stool are out of balance, revenues suffer and shareholder value declines. In The Ultimate […]
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