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		<title><![CDATA[SOA: Tailwind For IT Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1179349]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Service-oriented architecture is about to overturn what most business leaders think they know about IT. CEOs who ask the right questions - and act quickly on the answers - will be surprised by how much more they can get out of their existing IT investments. Several early examples show why. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Measuring The Business Value Of IT]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1200483]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There's an old management axiom: You can't manage what you don't measure. Yet many organizations  do a very poor job or no job at all of measuring the business value of their IT investments; but  maximizing the business value of IT investments is the primary objective of good...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Process Model Of Business Value Creation From IT Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=283450]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The history of Information Systems IS as a discipline has been accompanied by vigorous debate on how, and indeed whether, IT investments contribute to improving organisational performance and hence in delivering value to the organisation. A number of models have been put forward to describe the relationship between IT expenditure...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who's Accountable for IT Investments? Senior Executives Need to Take Charge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153212]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Successful companies use the portfolio method to manage their enterprise IT projects and services. Although the complex problems facing IT management today have been some 40 years in the making, they can be fixed by any organization willing to look hard at its existing portfolio practices, understand what is not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reaching Efficient Frontiers in IT Investment Management: What Financial Services CIOs Can Learn From Portfolio Theory]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=138228]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Heavily dependent on information technology, financial services firms globally spend over Euro235 billion on IT, representing for large banks 15 percent to 22 percent of their overall non-interest expense. Unfortunately, their investments too often fail to generate anticipated returns and worse many firms do not even know which are paying...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DoD Enterprise Performance Management (DoD-EPM): Optimizing IT Investment Results Across the Enterprise]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=148019]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DoD Enterprise Performance Management (DoD-EPM) is the strategic management of business and IT priorities, investments, and projects across a Federal enterprise. The objective of DoD-EPM is to take full advantage of the synergies across enterprise architecture, portfolio management, and program management office PMO disciplines to get maximum strategic value and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Managing IT Investments In The High-Performance Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1179361]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Most companies spend too much time debating how much money to spend on IT and not enough time determining how to manage and allocate their IT spending capital and expense. For chief executive officers and chief information officers seeking high-performance results from the use of IT, the real challenge is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Boom And Bust In Information Technology Investment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=288114]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The growth rate of business investment in information technology boomed in the 1990s and 2000 before plunging in 2001. This boom and bust raises some natural questions: what were the reasons for the accentuated swings in growth rates, and, more importantly, what do those reasons portend for the future of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Making Smart IT Choices: Understanding Value and Risk in Government IT Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=143285]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a need to evaluate information technology IT choices because IT innovation is risky business in every organization. Government managers need to evaluate IT choices because they are among the most complex and expensive decisions they are expected to make. This document presents a well-tested methodology for evaluating IT...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal EPM: Maximizing the Return on IT Investments Across the Enterprise]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=148018]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Enterprise Project Management (Fed-EPM) is the strategic management of business and IT priorities, investments, and projects across a Federal enterprise. The Federal EPM framework provides for strategic IT delivery capabilities. This includes PMO capabilities to support better planning, management, and delivery of projects. It also includes PMO capabilities to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Information Intensity And Impact Of IT Investments On Productivity: An Industry Level Perspective]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313818]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Does it pay to invest in IT? Research over the last two decades has resulted in mixed findings. While many studies have shown a positive and significant relationship between IT Information Technology investments and firm productivity and performance measures, the question of causality remains: Do higher IT investments contribute to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Evaluating IT Investments In Construction - Accounting For Strategic Flexibility]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316500]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When investing in IT applications, Architecture/Engineering/Construction AEC managers do not only obtain direct benefits, such as immediate cost and time savings, but also the option of adding future applications to the original investment as the business and technical environment changes. The paper shows the major risk to be the adoption...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Building Business Value Into Your IT Investments With Portfolio Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=71591]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The webcast elaborates that CFOs face an increasing number of options as they invest in technology-enabled change. At the same time, they also face the daunting task of removing layers of cost from their organizations without sacrificing their ability to compete in their market space. Challenged to overcome past IT...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/information+technology.html"><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obtaining Business Value Through A Downturn]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=71598]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's uncertain economic environment, it has become increasingly difficult to justify investments in information technologies. At times, the challenges faced in moving forward on critical IT investments seem insurmountable. However, evidence shows that companies who are able to invest during a downturn face better business prospects in the recovery...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real Options: The IT Investment Risk-Buster]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=96125]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘Business success has always been closely correlated with an executive's talent for framing options. The real gift of leaders is their vision to frame deals, deploy technology and intellectual property, and see possibilities that most people overlook. Successful technical innovation is also largely the story of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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