Although this model provides useful theoretical constructs to help management in strategic alignment, implementing this model is not easy. One reason for this could be the lack of diagnostic tools to guide management in identifying their strengths and weaknesses identified by the strategic alignment model.
Alignment is important to firms for many reasons.
The primary reason is to ease the development and implementation of cohesive organization and IT strategies that enable firms to focus on the application of IT to improve the business. This harmony can be extended and applied throughout the organization as new opportunities are identified. These two linkages are used to determine the relationships between IT and business. The model is divided into four quadrants. These include the eight individual perspectives of Strategy Execution, Technology Potential, Competitive Potential, Service Level, Organization IT Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure Strategy, IT Organization Infrastructure, and Organization Infrastructure Strategy.