IT Steering Committee Charter

Use this template to create an IT steering committee charter.

The Goal of IT/Business Alignment: Why so Elusive?

Has the ideal of IT/business alignment become the holy grail of IT leaders? The promise of IT/business alignment is to focus investment and activities, increase the value...

IT Steering Committee Challenge Assessment Tool

Organizations that operate effective IT Steering Committees realize better IT project priority setting as well as improved alignment with business objectives. Use this...

IT Steering Committee Meeting Agenda

A formal agenda prepared and distributed ahead of each meeting will help focus the efforts of the IT steering committee and keep all parties on track. Use this template...

Data Center Requirements Planning: Seek Expertise to Ensure Success

IT shops building or refreshing the data center should seek external expertise or face incurring additional costs due to miscalculated power, cooling, and UPS...

Understand IRR and NPV

The business side of the organization generally uses one of two financial metrics to determine the viability and, therefore, the attractiveness of an investment: Net...

New Leaders: Send a Message with an Executive IT Committee

Executive IT committees can take a lot of pressure off new or existing IT leaders by forcing business leaders to set IT investment priorities. Learn the lessons offered...

Business Data Catalog

Use the Business Data Catalog to manage the business terms, their definitions, and other important details including ownership, systems, and how the data should be used...

Data Steward

Data stewards are designated employees with a mandate and accountability for improving the data quality and integrity in their particular business area or data silo. They...

Crucial IT Process Areas and the Pit of Despair: Lessons from Leaders and Laggards

Leading IT organizations put more emphasis on IT processes such as asset management, cost optimization, and business value. But there’s a surprise. They put less emphasis...
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