Achieving Business Value From Technology

Make Your IT Dollars Count. Achieving Business Value of Technology helps business; technology and financial executives determine a more meaningful return on investment for technology applications. Based on the five pillars of benefits realization along with a study of people and process; this book breaks new ground in helping executives understand the impact of emerging technologies and how to value them in their organizations. In concise engaging prose, the author examines five case studies of applications in process and methods for valuation. The book suggests a systematic process to identify, track and realize the benefits from IT investments, and thereby derive business value from IT investments. It provides a language for executives to use to help bridge the business /IT chasm and will demonstrate how to identify the opportunities, risks and impediments at all stages of the investment cycle. The book also offers a strategic learning framework for management understanding of IT cost/benefit dynamics. Managers will also learn an unconventional approach keeping staff focused on supporting business objectives and strategies. This book opens up new territory in terms of achieving business value from IT (BVIT), which is fundamental to the successful management of an IT portfolio.