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In our work we are continually encountering insightful and valuable ideas. On this page we’ve provided information about some of the people we’ve come across who have influenced our thinking – and whom we think you might be interested in, too. Also below is a link to our own book!
| The Technology Garden: Cultivating Sustainable IT-business Alignment (Jon Collins, Neil Macehiter, Dale Vile, Neil Ward-Dutton) |
(John Wiley & Sons, July 2007)
View the book at Amazon.co.uk
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Many IT deployments fall short of delivering value to the businesses that pay for them. On top of this, the combined forces of rapid business change and technology innovation frequently outpace the ability of IT organisations to make sense of their implications. With business activity and IT now so intimately intertwined, organizations urgently need a framework which allows them to align IT capabilities with business strategies and priorities in a way that is sustainable.
A team of IT-expert authors with more than 80 years' combined experience have interviewed dozens of CIOs, IT directors and other senior technical and business decision makes to find out what works and what doesn't.
The result is a handbook for organizations of all sizes that want to improve the value of their IT investments, thus enabling their IT capabilities to play a more pivotal business role.Written in plain English that does not descend into technical detail, "The Technology Garden" provides practical advice for organizations looking to achieve sustainable IT-business alignment. |
Other important books
In keeping with our independent viewpoint, none of the books listed below are written by people who are affiliated to IT vendors or other companies we cover in our research. Where possible, we’ve provided links to information about them and their published work. We've also listed some blogs which we think may be of interest.
Software Systems Architecture: Viewpoint Oriented System Development (Nick Rozanski and Eoin Woods)
A practical book on software design, which explains an approach to building software systems that takes into account the perspectives and needs of multiple stakeholders.
View the book's website
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Business Process Management: A Rigorous Approach (Martyn Ould)
Martyn Ould's Riva methodology for discovering and modelling real-world business processes is simple but very efficient and effective. The book provides some very useful insights into the true nature of business processes in the real world, and what this means for BPM.
View the book at Amazon.co.uk
In addition: see the blogroll on our blog.
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