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IT-Business Articles, Tutorials & Webcasts
Spend Justification
Decision
Support: Communication Tactics for Tech Budget Approval
At one time or another, you may be asked to prepare a
full-blown study and/or financial plan for a high-end IT
project. Not only does that mean you have to break out of
your usual role as technical problem-solver, but you’re
also faced with the formidable task to "speak
English" to win your nontechnical decision-makers'
collective nod. At TechRepublic.com
Bulletproof
Your IT Budget
With or without a formal committee, when it comes to
successful budgeting, IT executives say it's all about
backing up your numbers. At NWFusion.com
Bottom-Line
Redux
Pay attention to how your peers brief the CEO and CFO. Their
plans address how they will either save or make money for
the company. At CIO.com
Words
Fail Them
Security professionals struggle to put some hard numbers on
a line item that defies easy analysis. At CFO.com
Five
Keys for Getting Your IT Initiatives Funded
Have you ever had a problem getting a commitment from your
company to implement an IT initiative that you just know is
the right thing to do? If so, this article may spark some
ideas that will improve your technology proposal approval
rate. There are at least five questions we need to ask
ourselves when trying to get approval to launch a new
technology initiative. At TechRepublic.com
It's
What's Inside That Counts
Obsessed with controlling costs, the storage management
field is in danger of missing the point: To manage
infrastructure with a focus on data-the lifeblood of
enterprise intelligence. At IEMagazine.com
Wireless
Budget Justification
Justify your wireless technology investment. At TechRepublic.com
Vetting
Value
At the Visiting Nurses Service of New York, IT project
requests go through a rigorous, multi-stage process prior to
approval and funding. At CIO.com
Beyond
FUD and ROSI: Effectively Justifying the Cost of Security
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD)—used to suffice in
justifying budgets for deploying the latest security gizmos,
bells, and whistles. But in today's strictly cost-effective
business environment, where financial officers have a higher
tolerance for scare tactics, IT security pros must come up
with more tangible reasons to defend their budget requests.
At TechRepublic.com
Drill
Down to Cost-Estimate a Potential Disaster
To fund a disaster recovery plan, you need to justify the
cost. To do that, you must drill down to the nitty-gritty of
what customer dissatisfaction and loss of customer service
means in real figures. At TechRepublic.com
Let
Other Departments Justify Their It Use
Divide responsibility for justifying IT spending across the
business - only 25% of UK IT directors believe that
measuring the value of IT investments is an important part
of their job, according to a survey last month in Computer
Weekly. At ComputerWeekly.com
Budgeting
on the Softer Side
Driving nonfinancial metrics into a budget is like trying to
pound a square peg into a round hole. For example, proving a
direct correlation between employee training and
profitability is tough. But some companies have shown it can
work — and Wall Street has taken notice. From BusinessFinanceMag.com
OMB
To Agencies: Justify That It Spending
As the White House detailed each agency’s share of the
$59.3 billion earmarked for IT in the president’s fiscal
2004 budget request, one thing became clear: The
administration will increase its pressure on agencies to
justify their IT investments. At GCN.com