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Summary: For over a decade now, the “IT/business alignment” concept has been a top priority for business leaders…and with good reason. Technology impacts your business more today than ever in the past. You absolutely need your IT department aligned with business objectives. Unfortunately, many businesses still struggle in this area. Why? In this article, we explore a few common problems and ways to get around them.
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Summary: Business and IT leaders have talked about the need for IT/business alignment for well over a decade. They all want the benefits that successful alignment brings, like improved business efficiency, reduced costs, increased agility, etc… Who wouldn’t want that? Yet, despite understanding the importance of IT/business alignment…it’s still an issue in many companies. In this article, we explore a few ways to improve your IT/business alignment.
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Business and IT leaders have talked about the need for IT/business alignment for well over a decade. They all want the benefits that successful alignment brings, like improved business efficiency, reduced costs, increased agility, etc… Who wouldn’t want that?
Yet, despite understanding the importance of IT/business alignment…it’s still an issue in many companies.
Why?
What stumbling blocks stand in the way? Why–after all of these years–do companies still struggle to align their IT departments with the business? And perhaps more importantly: How can companies remove these stumbling blocks?
I’d like to help. I posed the questions above to a few experts in the industry, with the hope of identifying some of the biggest issues standing in the way of IT/business alignment. You’ll find the advice listed below, along with ways to avoid each stumbling block. So, without further ado, here are 5 of the most common IT/Business alignment stumbling blocks:
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