Strategic IT Portfolio Management delivers a solution to the IT dilemma that has evolved over the past 40 years namely, how do we get the most value from our IT investment? Author Jeff Kaplan, puts nearly two decades of expertise to work exploring and identifying the knowledge, techniques, and strategies needed to maximize technology investments and achieve long-term business transformation for all types of organizations. Written for executives from all disciplines, the book highlights many of the root causes of the IT value dilemma and explains how executives can prevent and counter these issues. Readers will learn the portfolio management methods essential to achieving value. The book provides executives with the tools to: - Illuminate, assess, and improve existing practices - Design a governance structure and allocate appropriate decision rights - Ensure centralized control with decentralized execution - Increase collaboration between business-unit and IT leadership - Instill a culture of continuous improvement and innovation Executives, board members, policymakers, analysts, and the media all want to know: are companies spending too much on information technology (IT)? But the question they should ask is whether organizations are seeing sufficient value from their IT investment the value that comes from effectively managing technology as part of overall business transformation. Many organizations don t know how to move from managing technology to managing overall business transformation. Large-scale transformation efforts often go awry because the business leadership team and IT project teams are out of sync. In most of these cases, the organization lacks a governance method that fuses strategic management of the business, the technology, and the projects. Portfolio management is the governance method that s needed. Strategic IT Portfolio Management describes the portfolio management governance method necessary for transformation success. This book highlights many of the root causes for the IT dilemma and explains how executives can prevent and counter these issues. Readers gain an inside look at how portfolio management can instill a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the organization.

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Jeffrey Kaplan is a lead partner in the Technology Consulting practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He is a thought leader in IT management, and has worked with numerous organizations to define and implement dramatic business improvements through strategic investments in technology. Based in Washington D.C., Kaplan publishes and presents on governance issues. His expertise includes strategy, performance management, customer management, technology management, and organizational change management. His experience spans the banking, chemical, computer, government, pharmaceutical, software, and telecommunications industries.

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