ALIGNING IT WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY

Name: Shashiprabha RathnayakeBatch 12

INTRODUCTION

Strategic alignment means - linking the organization structure and resources with its strategy and the business environment.

Business Strategy means - sets out to achieve its desired ends.

WHY MUST IT ALIGN WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY ?

IT helps to develop the long term business strategy

Gaining a competitive advantage by using advanced technology

Enhance productivity

Able to implement new business strategies

Enhance the risk control processes.

ALIGNMENT PROCESS

Understand the business

Acknowledge the culture

Know the IT estate

Discover the value chains

Interpret the context

Determine the Change Agenda

Chart to technology roadmap

Plan to work program

Populate the delivery framework

Achieve the business benefit.

HOW TO GAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE BY ALIGNING IT WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY?

Doing the production of the organization in a effective way.

Enhancing the cohesiveness of the business functions.

Accurate decision making and reliable information.

Skills development

HOW IT IS ALIGNED WITH THE BUSINESS STRATEGY?

CONCLUSION

Successful alignment between IT and the business strategy is based on the understanding, communication and collaboration.

When IT is aligned with the business strategy–it is easy to understand how the business work, know where the business is going, how IT can be used in the organization and prepare informed business and technology decisions.

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