Comments on: IT-business alignment – is it just fluff? http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/07/it-business-alignment-is-it-just-fluff.html Thoughts on BPM, collaboration, analytics and information management, technology trends and the business value of IT Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:21:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sam Lowe http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/07/it-business-alignment-is-it-just-fluff.html/comment-page-1#comment-152 Sam Lowe Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:48:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/it-business-alignment-is-it-just-fluff/#comment-152 Guys, don't ditch it - just because the IT industry has been talking about it for a long time and yet proven to be bad at achieving it, doesn't mean it's waffle or that it somehow doesn't exist.<br/><br/>IT architects like to talk a lot about silos within the business and how bad they are, and yet in so many organisations, IT exists as a silo itself with respect to the business. Just because most IT departments can benefit massively from running more like a business, doesn't mean they should consider themselves to be a separate from the real businesses of which they are part!<br/><br/>When explaining these points I sometimes also talk about 'business-IT integration' to represent that alignment alone isn't enough, there also needs to be collaboration, communication and co-working at all levels and in all phases. But unfortunately the term 'integration' is just as overloaded and hackneyed these days. Still doesn't mean it's wrong or waffle or it shouldn't at least be aspired to.<br/><br/><i>I need to pull my finger out and blog more on this topic, but have a few thoughts at that might be interesting <a HREF="http://sol1.blogspot.com/2006/05/breaking-down-walls-for-business-it.html" REL="nofollow">here</a></i>.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Sam.<br/>sol1.blogspot.com Guys, don’t ditch it – just because the IT industry has been talking about it for a long time and yet proven to be bad at achieving it, doesn’t mean it’s waffle or that it somehow doesn’t exist.

IT architects like to talk a lot about silos within the business and how bad they are, and yet in so many organisations, IT exists as a silo itself with respect to the business. Just because most IT departments can benefit massively from running more like a business, doesn’t mean they should consider themselves to be a separate from the real businesses of which they are part!

When explaining these points I sometimes also talk about ‘business-IT integration’ to represent that alignment alone isn’t enough, there also needs to be collaboration, communication and co-working at all levels and in all phases. But unfortunately the term ‘integration’ is just as overloaded and hackneyed these days. Still doesn’t mean it’s wrong or waffle or it shouldn’t at least be aspired to.

I need to pull my finger out and blog more on this topic, but have a few thoughts at that might be interesting here.

Regards,
Sam.
sol1.blogspot.com

]]> By: Sam Lowe http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/07/it-business-alignment-is-it-just-fluff.html/comment-page-1#comment-153 Sam Lowe Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:48:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/it-business-alignment-is-it-just-fluff/#comment-153 Guys, don't ditch it - just because the IT industry has been talking about it for a long time and yet proven to be bad at achieving it, doesn't mean it's waffle or that it somehow doesn't exist.<br/><br/>IT architects like to talk a lot about silos within the business and how bad they are, and yet in so many organisations, IT exists as a silo itself with respect to the business. Just because most IT departments can benefit massively from running more like a business, doesn't mean they should consider themselves to be a separate from the real businesses of which they are part!<br/><br/>When explaining these points I sometimes also talk about 'business-IT integration' to represent that alignment alone isn't enough, there also needs to be collaboration, communication and co-working at all levels and in all phases. But unfortunately the term 'integration' is just as overloaded and hackneyed these days. Still doesn't mean it's wrong or waffle or it shouldn't at least be aspired to.<br/><br/><i>I need to pull my finger out and blog more on this topic, but have a few thoughts at that might be interesting <a HREF="http://sol1.blogspot.com/2006/05/breaking-down-walls-for-business-it.html" REL="nofollow">here</a></i>.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Sam.<br/>sol1.blogspot.com Guys, don’t ditch it – just because the IT industry has been talking about it for a long time and yet proven to be bad at achieving it, doesn’t mean it’s waffle or that it somehow doesn’t exist.

IT architects like to talk a lot about silos within the business and how bad they are, and yet in so many organisations, IT exists as a silo itself with respect to the business. Just because most IT departments can benefit massively from running more like a business, doesn’t mean they should consider themselves to be a separate from the real businesses of which they are part!

When explaining these points I sometimes also talk about ‘business-IT integration’ to represent that alignment alone isn’t enough, there also needs to be collaboration, communication and co-working at all levels and in all phases. But unfortunately the term ‘integration’ is just as overloaded and hackneyed these days. Still doesn’t mean it’s wrong or waffle or it shouldn’t at least be aspired to.

I need to pull my finger out and blog more on this topic, but have a few thoughts at that might be interesting here.

Regards,
Sam.
sol1.blogspot.com

]]> By: Sam Lowe http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2006/07/it-business-alignment-is-it-just-fluff.html/comment-page-1#comment-154 Sam Lowe Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:48:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/it-business-alignment-is-it-just-fluff/#comment-154 Guys, don't ditch it - just because the IT industry has been talking about it for a long time and yet proven to be bad at achieving it, doesn't mean it's waffle or that it somehow doesn't exist.<br/><br/>IT architects like to talk a lot about silos within the business and how bad they are, and yet in so many organisations, IT exists as a silo itself with respect to the business. Just because most IT departments can benefit massively from running more like a business, doesn't mean they should consider themselves to be a separate from the real businesses of which they are part!<br/><br/>When explaining these points I sometimes also talk about 'business-IT integration' to represent that alignment alone isn't enough, there also needs to be collaboration, communication and co-working at all levels and in all phases. But unfortunately the term 'integration' is just as overloaded and hackneyed these days. Still doesn't mean it's wrong or waffle or it shouldn't at least be aspired to.<br/><br/><i>I need to pull my finger out and blog more on this topic, but have a few thoughts at that might be interesting <a HREF="http://sol1.blogspot.com/2006/05/breaking-down-walls-for-business-it.html" REL="nofollow">here</a></i>.<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Sam.<br/>sol1.blogspot.com Guys, don’t ditch it – just because the IT industry has been talking about it for a long time and yet proven to be bad at achieving it, doesn’t mean it’s waffle or that it somehow doesn’t exist.

IT architects like to talk a lot about silos within the business and how bad they are, and yet in so many organisations, IT exists as a silo itself with respect to the business. Just because most IT departments can benefit massively from running more like a business, doesn’t mean they should consider themselves to be a separate from the real businesses of which they are part!

When explaining these points I sometimes also talk about ‘business-IT integration’ to represent that alignment alone isn’t enough, there also needs to be collaboration, communication and co-working at all levels and in all phases. But unfortunately the term ‘integration’ is just as overloaded and hackneyed these days. Still doesn’t mean it’s wrong or waffle or it shouldn’t at least be aspired to.

I need to pull my finger out and blog more on this topic, but have a few thoughts at that might be interesting here.

Regards,
Sam.
sol1.blogspot.com

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