june 2026 : Strategic Alignment/IT Strategy

Removing the Guesswork from Strategy

by Andy Jordan June 24, 2015

For many organizations, strategic planning and the associated project selection is an exercise in frustration. How can we improve things without reinventing the process?

Preventing ‘Alignment Creep’

by Andy Jordan June 25, 2015

Move over scope creep, there's a new creep in town. Projects may start off well aligned to the strategies they support, but how do we ensure they remain that way?

Once again, the Big Data market ranks high on the hot technologies list. It seems that over the past few years the pundits have been saying that this market is primed to explode, but it hasn't yet. What does the future look like for Big Data? Here are some tidbits to consider when determining if it's cup is half empty or half full.

The Seinfeld Strategy

by Patti Gilchrist, PMP June 24, 2015

As a project manager, do you have a recognition strategy in place? If not, you may want to tune in to repeat episodes of Seinfeld to learn the consequences from Jerry's mistake of refusing to say "thank you".

PMXPO 2015

April 30th, 2015 | Online

Portfolios, Programs & Projects: Oh My!

by Mark Mullaly, Ph.D., PMP June 17, 2015

We need to be clear about what we are talking about in the context of alignment. And we need to be clear about what alignment actually gives us in the context of portfolio management. In other words, just what is the problem we are trying to solve here?

Aligning IT to Organizational Strategy: Not Exactly Rocket Science

by Michael Wood June 1, 2015

If your organization is struggling with how to align IT and keep it aligned with the organization’s strategic direction, it could be that the CIO doesn’t know how. The process isn’t exactly rocket science. It does, however, require a top-down approach--and a CIO that thinks more like a business person than a technologist.

Putting the Business in IT Strategy

by Andy Jordan June 1, 2015

For too many organizations, IT strategy has become an oxymoron--IT is simply a follower of business strategy. That results in lost opportunities--but those can be avoided if IT learns how to relate to the business.

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