• Proving the value of IT - Part four

  By Georgina Swan | 03 February, 2011 16:59

  Various frameworks can help change how an organisation perceives — and more importantly, measures — value. Change, however, is the key word.

• Proving the value of IT - Part three

  By Georgina Swan | 03 February, 2011 12:28

  The ongoing issue with the value debate is its subjectivity; value is a perceptive judgement that must, by necessity of a business case, be quantified, particularly when each project must be signed off by the chief financial officer. And therein lies the problem, says Capability Management partner, Vince Gill.

• CIOs Welcome New Framework

  By Matt Hamblen | 25 May, 2010 05:12

  CIOs have long struggled to measure and demonstrate the business value of IT investments. But there's a relatively new approach to making IT investment and operating decisions -- and then proving their value to shareholders -- called the IT Capability Maturity Framework.

• Proving the value of IT - Part one

  By Georgina Swan | 01 February, 2011 15:00

  Value. It’s a powerful word at the best of times. It can mean cheap and simple or large and complex — and everything in between — and all meanings are positive, depending on your point of view. When the word ‘value’ comes up in focus groups, brand managers are wont to smile wryly and consider their job done. Happy days. Add ‘IT’ as its prefix, however, and suddenly, this fabulous term with all its positive connotations becomes fraught with uncertainty, despite enterprise over the years gaining critical business and competitive advantage from information and communications technology.

• Refocusing Projects Onto Business Value, Part 16: Project Health Checks

  By Jed Simms | 26 August, 2008 10:06

  You should know if your project is ‘healthy’, where any problems are, and whether they are retrievable

Whitepapers about value delivery

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  Enterprise Buyers Guide for Tablets

  In this enterprise buyers guide Computerworld provides a framework for assessing the suitability of tablet computers with different work styles and demands. The guide takes into account upgrade cycles, pricing and contract issues with telecommunications providers. It features a shopping checklist covering screen types, connectivity and hardware as well as a guide to application management. This is in addition to a full roundup of the major players including road maps for the most popular operating systems.

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  Enterprise Buyers Guide for Printers