The CFO and CIO from a large insurance
company are in a squeeze. The division general managers are
pushing the CIO to move quickly into e-business, upgrade
existing systems, and support growth in the business – plus
cut his costs to them. The CFO is being pushed by the
president to explain the profit potential of every investment,
including IT.
Maximizing information technology’s
impact on revenue and profit is vital to every company in
today’s competitive e-business environment. By using tools
of Alignment, Investment Analysis, and the IT Balanced
Scorecard to help them increase IT’s profit performance,
CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs are changing the way their companies use
technology as well as improving the payback from technology.
This presentation explains the high-level
concepts of these tools as an integrated view of how companies
can improve ITs contribution to business results: