Oh I See! Getting CIOs to view their jobs from a different angle:

IT business alignment

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May 18, 2010  1:38 AM

What enables Business-IT alignment (BITA)?



Posted by: Arun Gupta
BITA, business IT alignment, business IT alignment and profitability, CIO and alignment, IT business alignment

Recently, an international event management company approached me to conduct a workshop on Business-IT Alignment. It made me wonder whether CIOs are really interested in one more presentation on this subject unless these CIOs lived off another planet (or have just been born), and needed to be...

February 15, 2010  5:39 AM

Are you happy being a CIO?



Posted by: Arun Gupta
Boardroom and CIO, Evolving role of the CIO, IT business alignment

It doesn’t matter which conference you go to, or who is the person at the discussion’s other end — Whenever the CIO’s evolution is examined, the other person always has...


October 26, 2009  5:32 AM

The ever-elusive “business buy-in”



Posted by: Arun Gupta
business buy-in, communication gap, effective communication, IT business alignment, selling projects to business

During a panel discussion involving a few vendors and CIOs, someone asked a question to the panel. “My business users do not seem to be interested in the project, even though I know for a fact that the implementation will bring substantial benefits. How do I get business buy-in?” Such...


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