Optimizing and Assessing Information Technology
Improving Business Project Execution
von K. Scott ProctorA valuable guide to making better IT decisions withinbusiness
Optimizing and Assessing Information Technology isdesigned to be both easy-to-use and immediately useful. Engagingand accessible, this book has been created to help you focus onimproving business project execution through effective IToptimization and assessment. While it skillfully outlines aframework for optimizing and assessing IT, it does not get intospecific technologies per se, given the rapid and increasing paceof technical change across the world today.
Optimizing and Assessing Information Technology involvesa step-by-step process whereby various aspects of IT are evaluated. In addition to the book itself, a companion website offerstemplates, checklists, and related materials for your reference anduse. With this book as your guide, you'll be able to generate anaccurate and reliable assessment of a company's IT operations andidentify areas on which to focus to optimize IT. Topics such as„against what to assess operations“ and „optimized as compared towhat“ will be addressed throughout the course of this reliableresource. * Introduces the concept of the IT Pillars Model (IPM) foroptimizing and assessing IT and examines where and how the IPM fitsinto the overall operations of a business * Filled with the author's experience of working across the fieldof IT in both small and large companies * Offers the most detailed, hands-on user's guide to theprinciples and practice of the IPM by examining each aspect of theIPM in the context of case studies * Covers the topic of tools and reporting, including analyticaltools such as ROI, benchmarking, and metrics
Optimizing and Assessing Information Technology providesvaluable insights into this discipline, but the coverage of IT inthis book extends beyond technology itself. It also covers variousaspects of the people, processes, and technology componentsassociated with IT as a whole.
Optimizing and Assessing Information Technology isdesigned to be both easy-to-use and immediately useful. Engagingand accessible, this book has been created to help you focus onimproving business project execution through effective IToptimization and assessment. While it skillfully outlines aframework for optimizing and assessing IT, it does not get intospecific technologies per se, given the rapid and increasing paceof technical change across the world today.
Optimizing and Assessing Information Technology involvesa step-by-step process whereby various aspects of IT are evaluated. In addition to the book itself, a companion website offerstemplates, checklists, and related materials for your reference anduse. With this book as your guide, you'll be able to generate anaccurate and reliable assessment of a company's IT operations andidentify areas on which to focus to optimize IT. Topics such as„against what to assess operations“ and „optimized as compared towhat“ will be addressed throughout the course of this reliableresource. * Introduces the concept of the IT Pillars Model (IPM) foroptimizing and assessing IT and examines where and how the IPM fitsinto the overall operations of a business * Filled with the author's experience of working across the fieldof IT in both small and large companies * Offers the most detailed, hands-on user's guide to theprinciples and practice of the IPM by examining each aspect of theIPM in the context of case studies * Covers the topic of tools and reporting, including analyticaltools such as ROI, benchmarking, and metrics
Optimizing and Assessing Information Technology providesvaluable insights into this discipline, but the coverage of IT inthis book extends beyond technology itself. It also covers variousaspects of the people, processes, and technology componentsassociated with IT as a whole.