Technology Scorecards: Aligning IT Investments with Business Performance - Hardcover

Bansal, Sam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470464569 ISBN 13: 9780470464564

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

Insider advice on establishing Key Performance Indicators to value technology investments and achieve business performance Featuring discussion of methodology that firmly establishes KPIs based on business objectives, benchmarks them, and prepares a scorecard that is used to derive the value that can be unleashed if the value drivers are established, Technology Scorecards reveals how this approach benefits both the organization and technology vendors as it helps establish achievable expectations. In addition, it offers relevant discussion on how to integrate people, information, business processes, and technology, going beyond the simple project management or the deliver on promise slogans of technology vendors. Dr. Sam Bansal (La Jolla, CA) has years of experience in the enterprise software industry, primarily focused in Consulting. He is head of SIS & Partner of Elixir Netcom Solutions, a technology solutions provider.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Plan, execute, and sustain a successful IT campaign with Sam Bansal′s perfect scorecard approach

First came the dot.com bust, then the IT squeeze. Despite software being the tail that wags the dog in most corporations, the cham–pions of IT, the CIOs, are constantly under fire to justify and maximize their IT investments past, present, and future.

Learn how to establish Key Performance Indicators and Value Scorecards for IT to ensure maximum value in your corporation with the step–by–step approach found in Sam Bansal′s Technology Scorecards.

Drawing on Dr. Bansal′s over forty years of field experience in the management of large and complex projects, Technology Scorecards shows you how to:

• Create Scorecards geared towards your organization′s business goals
• Make quantum improvements in cost, value, and productivity using KPIs and Scorecards
• Increase your company′s net by as much as 100% just by improving your supply chain management by 50%
• Impact your top line the most through product life–cycle management
• Develop a realistic strategy through Scorecards, which can then be used to drive IT investments that maximize your business performance

Enhance profitability. Streamline strategy execution. Lower costs. Learn how to align your IT plans with your business objectives and optimize your company′s overall performance with the perfect scorecard approach found in Technology Scorecards.

About the Author:

Dr. Sam Bansal has years of experience in the enterprise software industry, primarily focused in consulting. He is head of SIS and Partner of Elixir Netcom Solutions, a tech-nology solutions provider. Bansal has worked for large high-tech multinationals and vendors consulting on everything from strategy formulation to detailed blueprinting to execution in the CIO and management consulting and business development realms. His solution architectures are aimed at business value creation through the appropriate use of technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470464569
• ISBN 13: 9780470464564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336