From its annual survey of top CIO concerns, the Society of Information Management has found that alignment of business and IT has been the dominant issue of the last decade. According to other research, companies that align their business and IT goals ultimately fare better financially than their competition. Further, IT departments that are driven by business goals are better equipped to support innovation and help the business achieve competitive advantage through efficient use of technology and process.
Tune into this episode of DM Radio as we interview several experts about the value of IT-business alignment, and how to get there. We’ll talk to Andy Blumenthal, Director of IT Governance for the U.S. Coast Guard; Rahul Kamath, Director, Product Management at Oracle; Jonathan Geiger, Principal with Intelligent Solutions; and Tom Lodahl, Principal of CogniTech Services. Attendees will learn:
- who should participate and who should lead
- when, where and how to enforce governance policy
- how to mitigate the complexity of governance protocols
- which frameworks to consider: ITIL, CMMI, COBIT, ISO?
- critical success factors for achieving IT-Business alignment
