to develop a strategy for improving the alignment between IT and its internal
business partners. Besides creating governance and relationship management
structures, what approaches might you propose to satisfy the CIO’s request?
The alignment process will require a compromise of both
parties for it to be successful. The internal business partners are usually
compliant with the lead corporation; however, there are some partners who are
not team players. If we are not allowed to create internal governance, we must
use a form of virtual agreements of organizational leaders. From my experience
in the corporate world, we must create a committee of willing participants from
all internal parties. This committee would create a plan to meet the needs of
the CIO, as it pertains to the needs of corporate strategic plan. The CIO
should be a member of this committee as well, and give specific guidance in
what he or she feels is the direction we need to pursue to be successful.
Helping reference:
Pearlson, K. and Saunders, C. (2010) Managing and Using
Information Systems, 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
