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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.

2Basic
  • Practice
    Begin to consider strategic priorities when making IT budget allocations and involve key IT stakeholders in the process.
    Outcome
    IT budget allocation may reflect some key strategic priorities.
    Metric
    % of strategic priorities for which budget allocations exist.
3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Improve alignment of IT budget allocations with strategic priorities and involve relevant stakeholders in the IT function and other business units in the process.
    Outcome
    The IT budget is more closely aligned with the IT strategy and budget allocations address most strategic priorities.
    Metric
    % of strategic priorities for which budget allocations exist.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Fully align the IT budget with strategic priorities and involve all relevant stakeholders organization-wide in the process.
    Outcome
    The IT budget includes consideration of the overall strategic priorities and reflects allocations to address these.
    Metric
    % of strategic priorities for which budget allocations exist.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Continually review the alignment of the IT budget with strategic priorities and the IT budget allocations, and revise them as required.
    Outcome
    The IT budget continually meets the strategic and operational needs of the organization.
    Metric
    % of strategic priorities for which budget allocations exist.