business-case Archive
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Align project proposal to business issues
Posted on May 13, 2010 | No CommentsWhat is keeping your executives up at night? Find out. Understand the issues confronting your businesses and functions and align your project business case to solving the problem and closing the gaps. … … “The benefit to this top down approach is that it builds... -
Clean data pays off
Posted on April 12, 2010 | No CommentsData quality projects are hard to justify. Here’s some business value anecdotes to help with the next business case — cleaner data can drive increased revenues. … … “With information managed more effectively, Oliver estimates that you can encourage a typical supporter to spend 25... -
Operating Cost Impacts in Project Business Case
Posted on March 30, 2010 | No CommentsCost transparency involves educating the governance team about the impact of today’s investments on tommorrow’s operating costs. … … “Factoring in costs of collateral impact should also happen at the project management phase as applications are being developed. While an organisation’s impact metric might state... -
The Next Business Intelligence Project
Posted on March 24, 2010 | No CommentsBusiness intelligence is a critical investment area in many enterprises. BI projects focus on creating the data warehouse, Extract/transforms/loads, report library, and portal delivery, for example. The opportunity is in making sense of the data, especially market information that provides unique insight that you can... -
Business Disruption Costs in Project Business Case
Posted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsEmerson‘s CIO shares insights into the company’s application portfolio, enterprise architecture, and IT project philosophy. As he points out, the business case financials should show the cost of business involvement in the IT project, so that a more realistic ROI can be understood. … …... -
Holistic Business Case
Posted on July 23, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s better to be more inclusive in defining project costs and benefits in the initiation process. Let the CFO understand your thought process and refine from there with finance’s help, especially if the business is responsible for delivering benefits. … … “CFOs see [a project's]... -
CFO CIO Collaboration
Posted on June 26, 2009 | No CommentsHow best to bridge the gap between CFO and CIO perspectives? Well-written business cases. Balance of tangible and business-relevant measures. A functioning governance process. Staffed governing council(s). A business-savvy IT strategic story. What else? … … “ROI doesn’t always capture the true value of an... -
Green Shoots from IT Projects
Posted on June 17, 2009 | No CommentsWhat will drive the recovery? Will the technology industry have a role as a leader or a lagger? Let’s get cracking on those IT project proposals. … … “If there’s good news from the Gartner study, it’s that CIOs aren’t canceling projects outright. CIOs report... -
Make Business Case for Strategics
Posted on June 16, 2009 | No CommentsLoad up your project portfolio with operational efficiency projects that deliver tangible returns. Always add a few strategic investments that speak directly to enabling important business strategies, where IT can support innovative business models or a differentiated position in the marketplace. Prove to the CFO... -
Govern IT Now
Posted on June 4, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s never too late to start IT governance. … Start developing a starter set of business cases. Recruit a few non-IT executives to join the CIO in a governance forum. … And, start practicing the conversations. Commit to improving the experience for the participants at...
