The information paradox
Subtitle: realizing the business benefits of information technology
By: John Thorp and Fujitsu Consulting's Center for Strategic Leadership
Contributors: Fujitsu Consulting's Center for Strategic Leadership
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780070926981
Subjects: Information technology; Management; Cost effectiveness; Technologie de l'information; Gestion; Coût-efficacité; Informationstechnik; Investition; Unternehmenserfolg
Description: "Considerable change has transpired in the years since the first edition of this book was published, yet the paradox remains - investments in IT-enabled business change are still not being consistently translated into business value. This is the Information Paradox - the conflict between the widely held belief that information, and investment in IT to provide that information, is a "good thing" and the all too frequent reality that we cannot demonstrate a connection between IT investments and business results." "John Thorp and Fujitsu Consulting have continued to work with many clients around the world, implementing the Benefits Realization Approach - a unique, client-tested framework that introduces a benefits-focused mindset. Their experience has led to the understanding that the issues with IT value are merely a symptom of a broader business value problem, and to the development of a new, expanded approach - Enterprise Value Management." "A completely new Afterword outlines this new approach which goes beyond the challenge of IT value to provide a comprehensive value-driven organizational governance process. It builds on the foundation of benefits realization to help organizations manage value in an increasingly uncertain and real-time business environment. It takes readers to a new level of understanding."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The information paradox and the benefits realization solution; title: The Information Paradox; title: The Benefits Realization Approach; title: Three fundamentals; title: First Fundamental: Program Management; title: Second Fundamental: Portfolio Management; title: Third Fundamental: Full Cycle Governance; title: Three necessary conditions; title: First Necessary Condition: Activist Accountability; title: Second Necessary Condition: Relevant Measurement; title: Third Necessary Condition: Proactive Management of Change; title: Conclusion; title: Getting Started.