Strategy & Governance

Document Business Goals and Capabilities for Your IT Strategy – Executive Brief

Read this Executive Brief to understand the purpose and benefits of understanding the business context.

Document Business Goals and Capabilities for Your IT Strategy – Storyboard

CIOs must understand the business context to create and obtain buy-in for strategic IT initiatives (e.g. IT strategy, IT budget).

Business Context Discovery Tool

This tool will provide you with business context questions tailored to your initiative. Based on what you need to know but don't yet know, the tool will recommend...

Business Context Discovery Record Template

Use this template to document the key findings from the business context discovery questions in a format presentable to the business.

Prototype One Pager

Use this template to create a one-pager that summarizes your prototyping results and helps you build a budget pitch.

Strategy Alignment Map Template

This template contains examples of and instructions to create a strategy alignment map.

Blockchain Basics

This research note provides an explanation of the basic building blocks underpinning blockchain technology. The key takeaway for organizations is to gain insight into the...

Continuous Improvement May Not Be Good Enough

The idea of continuous improvement in application enhancement, rather than the periodic deployment of major changes, is gaining much support. This is a particularly...

Blockchain: Foundational Technology of the Future

This research note covers the rising level of interest and investment in the blockchain technology space and the reasons blockchain may surpass “disruption” and actually...

Apply Design Thinking to Build Empathy With the Business

IT often manages stakeholders who don’t know how to articulate what they want. Requirements often say what the business needs, but rarely does discussion about the...
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