Getting IT Funding Right

ID Number: G00147915

13 April 2007

Michael Gerrard Ellen Kitzis

Enterprises increasingly are attempting to manage IT investment levels by modifying their approach to IT funding. Although managing costs is important, CIOs can play a critical role in ensuring that funding and business strategies remain aligned to business goals and result in the most-effective use of IT.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

1.0

Approaches to Funding

2.0

The BU View

2.1

Grinder BUs

2.1.1		Key Grinder Challenge
2.1.2		CIO and BU Leader Recommendation

2.2

Team Player BUs

2.2.1		Key Team Player Challenge
2.2.2		CIO and BU Leader Recommendation

2.3

Butler BUs

2.3.1		Key Butler Challenge
2.3.2		CIO and BU Leader Recommendation

2.4

Entrepreneurial BUs

2.4.1		Key Entrepreneur Challenge
2.4.2		CIO and BU Leader Recommendation

3.0

The Role of the CIO and IT Leadership Team

List of Tables

	Table 1.	Simple Discretionary Funding View

	Table 2.	BU Funding Preferences

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	The Gartner Business/IT Alignment Model

IT Strategic Planning
Business and IT Alignment
Governance Roles and Responsibilities
IT Spending
CIO and IT Leadership

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