Posted on July 8, 2010 by itorganization2017
Among my most popular topics, week after week, is Portfolio Management. It’s a key discipline, especially crucial in driving Business-IT Maturity past the tricky mid-point where many IT organizations tend to get stuck. IT Business Edge has just published a short slideshow on “Four Common Mistakes in IT Portfolio Management“, re-purposing a post of mine [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2009 by itorganization2017
Regular readers will know that from time to time I refer to research by Peter Weill, Chairman & Senior Research Scientist, Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) at the MIT Sloan School of Management. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Dr. Weill for many years, and having collaborated with him on several multi-company research initiatives. [...]
Filed under: Business-IT Governance, Demand Maturity, IT Infrastructure, IT Management, IT Maturity, Key Frameworks, Portfolio Management | Tagged: Portfolio Management, Enterprise Architecture, Business-IT Maturity, IT funding, value realization, IT governance, MIT Sloan School of Management | 9 Comments »
Posted on April 13, 2009 by itorganization2017
I’ve had this IT funding fantasy for years (I know, it’s really sad that my more exciting fantasies are to do with IT funding scenarios!) Supposing the CIO had to do a fund drive every year or every six months the way our local National Public Radio stations had to operate in order to fund [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2009 by itorganization2017
I’ve been working with a couple of clients around PMO’s and the thorny space of Portfolio and Program Management. Not coincidentally, this continues to prove to be an area of great leverage for organizations trying to drive up their business-IT maturity (and with that, increase the business value delivered through IT investments, assets and capabilities.) [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by itorganization2017
I’ve posted recently about Program Management – mainly in response to a reader’s question about how to group projects into programs. Her question, in turn, was in response to one of my most popular posts on the distinctions between Project, Program and Portfolio Management. IT Portfolio Management Matters! I’m delighted that my old post on [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2009 by itorganization2017
I just received a comment on an old post, Project vs. Program vs. Portfolio Management. This has been a popular post since it was written back in October 2007. The comment read: I’m doing a research on how do organizations group their projects into programs, please tell me how do they go about doing that. [...]
Filed under: Business-IT Governance, Change Management, IT Management, Portfolio Management | Tagged: business outcomes, business value, Business-IT Governance, IT governance, Portfolio Management, program management, project management | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 11, 2009 by itorganization2017
I’ve posted before that realizing value from IT-enabled business investments requires both a partnership between IT and the business (duh!), but also a partnership between the CIO and CFO. This can provide the credibility and linkages necessary to ensure that meaningful metrics are defined and tracked, and that accountabilities, both for costs and value, are [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2009 by itorganization2017
How should you treat IT infrastructure investments in a recession? I was listening to an interesting piece that got me thinking about this question on NPR this morning titled “Obama’s ‘Big Fix,’ And Investment Deficit Disorder.” Renee Montagne interviewed New York Times columnist David Leonhardt about his January 27 article, “The Big Fix.“ Determining IT Infrastructure [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2009 by itorganization2017
I find that most companies I work with nowadays are pretty good at insisting that business requests for IT solutions are accompanied by a robust business case that surfaces all the costs (including total life cycle costs), expected return on investment (ROI), risks, mitigation strategies, and so on. They have good business case templates, and [...]
Filed under: IT Management, IT Maturity, Key Frameworks, Portfolio Management | Tagged: business outcomes, business value, business-IT convergence, Business-IT Maturity, IT Maturity, program management, value realization | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2008 by itorganization2017
A recent client experience reminded me how IT leaders in lower maturity shops love to show off their extensive project lists – it’s almost like a badge of courage! The bigger the list, the better! It’s as if, “The busier we are, the more we are doing for the business.” I’ve found over the years [...]
Filed under: Business-IT Governance, IS Management, IT Management, IT Maturity, Portfolio Management | Tagged: prioritization, program management, project management | 1 Comment »
