How to Eliminate IT Projects
IT projects not linked to a company strategy are a waste of resources. Finally, a refreshing Computerworld article on this topic hits the nail on the head:
If you want high-value IT, you need a high-impact strategy. The important thing is to apply the brainpower to do this and to work with other executives to make the strategy as coherent, valid and ripe for success as possible. You want your company to be among that minority of organizations that have a strategy to change the rules of the game being played or to be one of that slightly larger group that has a strategy to win the game as it is currently being played. What you can’t afford to be is one of those companies that has only a vague idea that there is a game being played at all.
I would only argue that it is not a “strategy” that is necessary, but a series of “strategies” that support the top level revenue and/or profit goals of the organization. IT projects performed without clear alignment with a strategy of the organization are subject to failure and questionable deployment of resources.
Even so, I applaud the clarity of the article and thank the author, Thornton A. May for a breadth of fresh air.
Are all your IT projects aligned with a strategy? If not, why are you doing the project?
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