IT Business Alignment in 2010 Questions

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IT Business Value Management
Could anyone help me out with a scientifically correct definition of IT business value management? Thanks a lot!

Answer Question   |  May 19, 2010  8:07 AM
business value management, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, IT value management
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What training and certification incentives are cost effective?
A few of my employees have occasionally brought up continuing certifications and education, wanting us to spend some of budget of course. I’m all for helping pay for a domain-specific certification or helping employees keep up their skills, but I’m trying to balance the high cost of both the training and the days lost. My main question [...]

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2010  2:47 PM
Careers and staffing, IT Business Alignment in 2010, Training and certifications, Training centers
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Presenting data center reports in plain English?
Hi, I’ve been tasked with coming up with some kind of monthly reports on the state of our data center, and I was wondering if anyone had advice on what kind of information is relevent to non-IT people, or advice on writing reports up that don’t skimp too much on the technical data but get [...]

Answer Question   |  January 24, 2010  2:29 PM
Data center budget considerations, Data Center management, IT Business Alignment in 2010
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How can I set reasonable expectations about IT performance?
I’m having trouble figuring out how to establish common guides on uptime, performance, etc. for our various business units. Should different units have different internal agreements? And any suggestions on how to set these baselines that make at least some units happy when everybody asks for things to “just work” “all the time.”

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2010  7:51 PM
Internal SLA, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, IT Performance, SLA
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Best Windows Server 2008 tips, tricks and underused features?
Hi, My boss is asking me to find out how to better automate some of our daily server administration tasks, but I’m kind of at rope’s end. Any tips, tricks, or underused features you would recommend to reduce the management workload and free up time for other stuff? I’ve feel like I’ve got a good [...]

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2010  6:49 PM
IT Business Alignment in 2010, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 configuration
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IT evaluation
Should IT evaluation address wider issues, such as risks, implementability, flexibility, organizational impacts and links to strategy?

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2010  1:43 PM
ERP, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, SAP
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Who offers the best IT/business alignment advice on Twitter?
Who is offering good advice on aligning IT with business on Twitter? Companies, practioners or consultants are welcome!

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2010  10:05 PM
expert advice, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, twitter
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Who are project managers reporting up to?
Do project managers in your enterprise report up to the CIO, or someone else? Any advice on making sure IT projects stay on track and actually take into interest what the rest of the company is looking for?

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2010  3:56 PM
CIO, IT Business Alignment, IT Business Alignment in 2010, organizational goals, Project management
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