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Business Alignment

A3

Engage stakeholders from the wider business in setting the IT budget to ensure that strategic priorities are reflected in the IT budget priorities.

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for Business Alignment at each level of maturity.

1Initial
  • Practice
    Rely on the best endeavours of assigned personnel.
2Basic
  • Practice
    Ensure that the IT budget is proportional to the growth or shrinkage of the business
    Outcome
    IT budget growth is related to the organization's overall budget.
    Metric
    % of consumption growth in the IT budget.
3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Ensure that project allocations are linked to the IT strategy.
    Outcome
    There is an active link to the IT strategy which keeps the IT budget is in line with the IT strategy.
    Metric
    % of IT budget aligned to the IT strategy.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Ensure that the budget allocations are linked to the IT strategy and the organization's objectives.
    Outcome
    The IT budget includes consideration of the overall business priorities.
    Metric
    % of projects meeting the IT budgets organizational targets.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Ensure that the IT budget allocation and plans clearly reflect the business ecosystem strategy
    Outcome
    The IT budget is central to achieving business ecosystem objectives.
    Metric
    % of projects meeting the IT budgets business ecosystem targets.