IT governance & business alignment

More and more executives are realising that if IT is to extend its value to their respective companies, they need to have some kind of IT governance framework in place. Problem is, a lot of today’s managers aren’t clear about what IT governance is all about. And, despite the emerging role IT governance now has in supporting an organisation's business agenda, many executives are still struggling to find the value in their organization's total IT spend and performance. It's a costly deficit—because without this visibility the entire management team cannot ensure that its IT governance objectives are translated effectively and efficiently into improved corporate performance. And, as any savvy business professional will tell you, a mismatch between business and IT strategies can have disastrous consequences.

If this is your situation:

• You wish to have the right IT organisation in place to support business requirements
• You recognise the need to better align IT to the business
• Your organisation needs to be better equipped in performing IT due diligence activities for mergers and acquisitions
• You are aware that regulatory issues eventually will become an IT requirement
• You need IT projects to yield appropriate results for the business
• You want to see what can be done to better source and manage your IT services
• You want to leverage your IT investment to achieve competitive advantage
• You need to measure the impact of IT in the valuation of a company for acquisition purposes
• You wish to validate your IT strategy and translate it into a well prioritised deployment plan