Managing Information Technology for Business Value Practical Strategies for It and Business ... Book

Managing Information Technology for Business Value is Martin Curley's call for IT and business managers to reformulate the way they manage IT. Traditionally, IT success has been measured in terms of IT parameters such as up time, capacity, and processing speed.It is Curley's contention that if IT is to deliver business value, then IT should be measured in core business terms such as customer satisfaction, revenue growth, and profitability. Managing Information Technology for Business Value is a practitioner's handbook for evaluating IT investments, aligning IT with corporate strategy and using IT as a competitive weapon. Synthesizing leading academic research and industry best practices Curley introduces principles and strategies for managing for optimum IT Business value, managing the IT budget and managing the IT organization and capability. In a time when IT spending is reduced and IT organizations are often perceived as cost centers, Martin Curley's Managing Information Technology for Business Value provides a necessary and timely counterbalance. Curley makes an argument using evidence from his work at Intel and with other leading enterprises, that IT investments can and should be linked directly to enterprise business indicators. IT spending ought to improve corporate profitability and the relationship between IT initiatives and business indicators should be explicit and empirical. Curley organizes his views of IT by developing a capability maturity model approach (CMM) for each important facet of IT planning. Curley's collection of models provides a blueprint for analyzing and improving the performance of IT organizations.

Author Bio:Martin Curley is currently Director of IT People, Intellectual Capital and Solutions at Intel Corporation, where he is responsible for the IT group's organizational and professional development, intellectual capital management and solutions prototyping. With this broad focus, Martin keeps IT in a position to meet Intel's future needs while advancing Intel's products and technology in the industry. Previously, Martin has also held IT management and engineering positions at General Electric in Ireland and Philips Electronics in the Netherlands. He brings to this book a broad base of experience running operational IT organizations at both GE and Intel, coupled with his role of co-Director of IT Strategy and Technology and as Director of IT People, Intellectual Capital and Solutions at Intel.