Scenario Planning for IT

Scenario Planning for IT

McKinsey just published a good piece on how to do scenario planning in our current, very uncertain environment. We often advocate scenario planning as part of our IT strategy projects; it is a great way for IT organizations to prepare for various business and...
Scenario Planning for IT

Another idea for managing project benefit estimates

I don’t know a company that doesn’t have more demand for IT projects than the IT organization can fulfill, whether it is due to lack of money or resources. Most IT organizations are very challenged to create a process and define criteria for project approval and...
Scenario Planning for IT

Another Dimension for Application Portfolio Planning

I like this example chart, featured in McKinsey’s recent quarterly newsletter, about how IT investments generate short and medium-term profitability improvements. It highlights, by business process, which types of technology investments can provide which types of...