1st Edition

The Business Value of IT Managing Risks, Optimizing Performance and Measuring Results

292 Pages 46 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

296 Pages
by Auerbach Publications

In order to maximize IT resources and justify IT expenditures, CIO’s and other IT managers must be able to identify meaningful metrics and explain them in a way that management can understand. The Business Value of IT: Managing Risks, Optimizing Performance, and Measuring Results solves this problem by providing practical answers to these questions: What does IT contribute to... Read more

What Does IT Contribute to the Business?
What Should the Business Expect from IT?
How Do I Measure the Value of IT?
How Much IT Is Enough?
Am I Paying Too Much for IT?
Why Should We Care About IT Governance?
Who Governs IT?
What Models Should IT Use?
What Tools Should IT Use?
Are we Outsourcing Effectively?
Why Should We Measure IT Performance?
How Do I Measure IT Performance?
Is IT Operating Effectively?
Where Are We in Relation to Industry Peers?
How Can We Do IT Better?
How Should We Change?
How Can We Manage IT Changes?
How Should IT Manage Risk?
How Should IT Manage Its People?
What Should IT Expect From the Business?
Index

Biography

Michael D. S. Harris, David Herron, Stasia Iwanicki

An excellent reference for the CIO and for the line manager seeking to engage the business with the transparency into the investment and cost equation they demand to justify the cost of IT.
Mike Antico, CTO, Wolters Kluwer, New York, USA