What CIOs Need to Know About Business Alignment
A Big “To Do”
Nearly one-half of senior IT executives say better alignment with business needs is a top priority, which is more than double compared to a year ago.
Ready and Able
63% of IT pros are confident in their ability to respond to the needs of business.
Fuzzy Profile
More than one-quarter of IT pros equate the visibility of their IT department into their organization’s business initiatives to “a foggy day in London,” despite their confidence in IT’s ability to respond to business needs.
Business Minded
CIOs spend 37% of their time focused on business matters.
Out of the Loop
76% of IT leaders say business applications are rolled out without engaging IT, despite the amount of time they spend on business issues.
Best Practices: Get With Stakeholders
Identify all key stakeholders. Interview them to discuss essential business needs and pain points.
Best Practices: IT Inventory
Match all discussed business needs and pain points to current IT capabilities that can address both of them.
Best Practices: Identify Gaps
Assess which gaps remain in terms of IT addressing business needs and eliminating pain points. Match all subsequent tech investment to directly addressing these gaps in order to justify the strategic and business purpose of the investment.
Best Practices: Disclose Your Biases
Pre-existing biases on both the IT and business side are perfectly understandable. To unite on strategy and vision, it’s best to openly share biases to reach a common ground.
Best Practices: Build the Right Team
Designate IT members not only for their tech and business knowledge, but their ability to collaborate and improvise.
