Comments on: Business IT Alignment http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/ One foot in the muck, the other in utopia Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bhaskoro IT Governan http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/comment-page-1/#comment-340787 Bhaskoro IT Governan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:49:30 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/#comment-340787 Nice approach on aligning IT with the business Nice approach on aligning IT with the business

]]> By: People Over Process » Day 2 Hightlights from the Adobe Industry Analyst Summit http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/comment-page-1/#comment-334003 People Over Process » Day 2 Hightlights from the Adobe Industry Analyst Summit Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:41:00 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/#comment-334003 [...] to sell to our customers? That’s still sort of vague as, well, marketing positioning, but the strategic use of RIAs for companies seems to be leaning towards “for things your customers will be working [...] [...] to sell to our customers? That’s still sort of vague as, well, marketing positioning, but the strategic use of RIAs for companies seems to be leaning towards “for things your customers will be working [...]

]]> By: JT on EDM http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/comment-page-1/#comment-333987 JT on EDM Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:44:33 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/#comment-333987 <strong>Getting business and IT alignment with business rules...</strong> Syndicated from ebizQ Michael Cote of Redmonk had a nice piece on over on his People over Process blog. He made a series of great points about the risk of business and IT people not being aligned – risks to the business and to IT. In particular ... Getting business and IT alignment with business rules…

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Michael Cote of Redmonk had a nice piece on over on his People over Process blog. He made a series of great points about the risk of business and IT people not being aligned – risks to the business and to IT. In particular …

]]> By: Berkay Mollamustafao http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/comment-page-1/#comment-333441 Berkay Mollamustafao Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:13:16 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/cote/2009/07/20/alignment/#comment-333441 I know that it's big bad IT organization that does not understand the business etc. A different perspective: One can argue that IT is perfectly aligned with business and it is business that is failing to articulate its strategy. :) The strategy of a business is better observed by where/how they spend their money than what they say. It's increasingly hard for IT to find funding for infrastructure investments and it is very difficult (if possible) to improve quality of the services offered without upgrading in the infrastructure (technical and organizational). I continue to see organizations spend large sums operationally, attached to a "critical" project, and neglect to invest in infrastructure. May be we should start with the business people rather than IT? What does business want from IT? A strategic, custom fit, high quality service or low cost commodity service? Is it possible to drive towards commoditizing everything and get high quality of service at the same time? I know that it's big bad IT organization that does not understand the business etc. A different perspective:

One can argue that IT is perfectly aligned with business and it is business that is failing to articulate its strategy. :)

The strategy of a business is better observed by where/how they spend their money than what they say. It's increasingly hard for IT to find funding for infrastructure investments and it is very difficult (if possible) to improve quality of the services offered without upgrading in the infrastructure (technical and organizational).

I continue to see organizations spend large sums operationally, attached to a "critical" project, and neglect to invest in infrastructure.

May be we should start with the business people rather than IT? What does business want from IT? A strategic, custom fit, high quality service or low cost commodity service? Is it possible to drive towards commoditizing everything and get high quality of service at the same time?

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