Language English Pages 161 LC Class HD30.2 .H543 2009 Publisher John Wiley & Sons | Publication date 2009 ISBN 978-0-470-45018-5 Originally published 2009 Page count 161 Media type Hardcover | |
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World Class IT: Why Businesses Succeed When IT Triumphs is a 2009 IT management book by Peter A. High that aims to provide a framework by which CIOs and other executives can promote IT within a business. High outlines five principles that align IT with business strategy and allow companies to monitor and improve IT's performance. The book highlights a trend which has emerged in the past decade that views IT as a digital nervous system that delivers corporate thinking to business units, partners and customers. Since the 2009 publication, the book has also been published in Mandarin and Korean editions. IT Business Edge published a review and excerpt of the book here.
Contents
Five Principles of World Class IT
Relationship Between IT and the Business
Using a set of metrics and models, World Class IT crystallizes a strong trend that has emerged across industries in the past decade: the integration of IT and corporate business strategy. CIO Digest recognizes this pattern as key to the long-term organizational growth and development of a company.
In an 2009 IT Study, Deloitte finds that IT departments are consistently pressured to deliver business value in the face of increasingly tighter budgets. IT departments are now expected to synchronize and connect various dimensions of a business - infrastructure, customer service, and project management - yet there is debate within the industry over how to best align information technology with corporate governance. Since corporations spend large portions of their operating budgets on IT, this debate holds a prominent position in business and information technology theory.
CIO Insight notes that the increasing depth and width of IT-business relationships has led to the emergence of IT executives from the corporate structure. Whereas IT executives typically rose from within their technology departments, the need for business-minded CIO's and CTO's has created a strong demand for leaders versed in corporate strategy. Business theory suggests that this trend will continue as IT increasingly moves into the realm of strategic planning.
Forum on World Class IT Podcast
IT professionals are increasingly looking to congregate around social media as a forum to raise awareness of the importance of IT-business strategy. Brian Blanchard of CIO Magazine notes that CIOs turn to social media not only to share their own innovative ideas, but also to follow industry trends and form valuable connections.
In an effort to expand the discussion surrounding IT-business relationships, prominent IT professionals participate in a series of informational podcast interviews based on the Five Principles outlined in World Class IT. The discussions are conducted by Peter High and the over 100 interviews are made available on iTunes and other forums such as The Forum on World Class IT.
Related Work by The Author
Peter High, the author of World Class IT, has followed up the publishing of his book with numerous pieces on related World Class IT topics. Some of those include the following titles: