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The Alignment Effect: How to Get Real Business Value Out of Technology

ISBN: 0130449393
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2001
Pages: 83

Authors: Faisal Hoque

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Advance Acclaim for The Alignment Effect
• FINANCIAL TIMES Prentice Hall
• Financial Times Prentice Hall Books
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• What s to Come?
• The Sum Total
• Part I: The BusinessTechnology Disconnect
• Chapter 1. Real-World Evidence
• Real-World Disconnects and Their Real-World Results
• In Their Own Worlds
• Underestimating Process Changes
• What is Really Strategic?
• The Synergy of Business and Technology Aligned
• What To Make of These Stories
• Chapter 2. Approaching a Solution
• BTM and the Office of the CIO
• Emerging Challenges
• How BTM Meets These Challenges
• A New Approach
• Endnotes
• Part II: The Principles of BTM
• Chapter 3. Modeling, Collaboration, Reuse
• How the Principles Work Together
• Utilize Predictive Modeling
• Instill Collaborative Decision-Making
• Make Knowledge and Assets Reusable
• From Principles to Specific Activities
• Endnotes
• Part III: The Activities of BTM
• Chapter 4. The End-to-End Perspective
• The Aim in Ready, Aim, Fire
• Enterprise Architecture: A Blueprint for Alignment
• Models Help Predict Enterprise Architecture
• Introducing The Activities of BTM
• The Activities of BTM and Enterprise Architecture Make a Better Business Case
• Endnotes
• Chapter 5. Business Model Definition
• What is a Business Model?
• Defining the Business Model In BTM
• Why Business Model Definition?
• Business Model Definition In Action
• Who is Responsible for Defining the Business Model?
• Endnotes
• Chapter 6. Process Optimization
• What is a Process Model?
• Optimizing Processes in BTM
• Why Process Optimization?
• Process Optimization In Action
• Who is Responsible for Optimizing Processes
• Endnotes
• Chapter 7. Technology Automation
• What is a Technology Model?
• Automating Technology in BTM
• Why Technology Automation?
• Technology Automation In Action
• Who is Responsible for Automating Technology?
• Endnotes
• Part IV: Governing with BTM
• Chapter 8. Direction and Control
• Strategic Direction
• Tactical Control
• The ABCs of Governance
• Endnotes
• Chapter 9. Promise to Practice
• Art Versus Science
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Coordinating Between Roles and Responsibilities
• Your Own Unique Contribution
• Endnotes
• Conclusion
• Alignment Maturity Model
• Getting an Accurate Read
• Regularly Scheduled Check-up
• Endnotes
• Additional Reading
• Contributors
• Industry Contributors
• Special Contributors