Here’s how to get more of your management
tasks done in less time.

Templates, tools, worksheets and more – all ready for you to customize so you don’t waste time starting
from scratch. Start with some of our members’ favorite time-saving resources below:

You’ll find an extensive library of templates that you can customize to meet your IT and business needs in
the McLean Report Templates & Policies Center.

Set your projects up for success.

A lot of the work accomplished by IT is project-based - and project management is a core skill for all
IT leaders. You can increase the success of new and on-going IT projects, beginning with this selection of McLean Report research and advice:

Improve relations between IT and… everybody else

You can bridge the gap between implementing IT solutions and using those solutions to drive business results. McLean Report research approaches each issue from a business perspective – helping you make the decisions that successfully align IT with the rest of your business.

a) Achieving IT/Business Alignment Give IT and Business an Attitude Alignment Five Ways to Improve IT/Business Alignment Gain Alignment with IT Strategy Maps How to Create an IT Plan without a Business Strategy A Transparent IT Budget Supports Organizational Growth Use the Right Metrics When Building an IT Performance Scorecard The Goal of IT/Business Alignment: Why So Elusive? The Personality of IT/Business Alignment Structurally Fit: IT/Business Organization Alignment How to Align IT Resources with the Value Chain b) Making Sense of ITIL Making Sense of IT Frameworks ITIL Refresh ITIL FAQs: Part I ITIL FAQs: Part II ITIL FAQs: Commonly Heard Myths Adapting ITIL to Small- and Mid-Sized Enterprises (In-Depth Report) ITIL Brings Cost Savings to the Service Desk ITIL Streamlines Outsourcing Arrangements ITIL: Best Practices for Service Management Align with COBIT to Harden the Data Center SOX and ITIL: There Is No Dotted-Line Relationship!

c) Setting Security Strategy & Policy Internal Breaches 40 Times More Costly Than External Attacks Get the Most Security Bang for the Buck Security Documents: More Than Just Policy How to Craft Uncompromising Enterprise Security Documents Six Easy Pieces: A Guide to Security Policy Implementation Laying Down the Security Policy Law IT and Physical Security: An Advantageous Alliance

A strategic look at topics that matter to IT leaders today

You can rely on McLean Report’s unbiased analysis and expert advice to help you use technology to accomplish your organization’s business objectives.

Start with two topics that are popular with our members:

a) Building a Green IT Strategy Spending on Green IT: Who, What, and Why Green Is the New Black Avert a Data Center Power and Cooling Crisis The Data Center of the Future: What Does It Look Like? Budgeting for a Green Data Center A Method for Measuring Data Center Efficiency How to Measure Data Center Heat Density and Cooling Efficiency Make Consolidation Your Green Project Manufacturing: Driving Green Innovation Through IT

b) Optimize Outsourcing Outsourcing: Renegotiate Rather Than Renew Outsourcing Agreements Engage Outsourcers’ Management and Set a Date Five Steps to Guarantee That Suppliers Deliver the Goods Set Outsourcing Engagements with DRP Expectations Seven Ways to Increase Offshoring Success Trends in Application Development and Maintenance Offshoring Avoid Getting Tangled in Web Development Outsourcing Risks How to Plan for Successful Insourcing