The business' strategy must come first, above all other objectives. IT Management must understand the strategy being adopted and then direct their resources to produce systems that support the strategy.
The first step in achieving a winning IT strategy is to fully understand the business strategy. If you are not in complete alignment with this, tension and conflict will result. With the average life expectancy of an IT Manager at three years, misalignment with the business objectives is a key cause...
Understanding Business Strategy & Driving IT Strategy - coded by BCS
Great post! I think that business and IT should be able to collaborate in a single platform to ensure the business requirements are fully realized (in a timely manner).
The business understands and knows their requirements better than anyone.
Posted by: Dale | October 23, 2009 at 11:18 PM