IT Performance Management

ISBN-13: 9780750659260 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 304 str.

Peter Wiggers; Maritha de Boer-de Wit; Henk Kok

Opis

Addresses the way organizations should balance the demand and the supply of information technology, optimizing the cost and maximizing the business value of IT. This book describes several aspects of IT performance management.

Recenzje

"Improving IT performance management is currently more important than ever before. This book provides an enormous amount of well-structured information to do so. The reader is left without an excuse not to start today!"

Egon Berghout, Professor of Business and ICT, University of Gronigen, The Netherlands

Spis treści

Introduction and framework: Introduction; IT as a business within a business; The added value of IT; Reader's Guide; What is IT performance management about? Introduction; Some basic concepts; Performance management basics; The IT Performance Management Grid; The Terminology Used; Balancing the demand and supply of IT; Demand and supply in the IT value perception model; Summary; IT Service and IT Service Provisioning: Introduction; Structuring IT Services; Defining and describing services and service structures; The introduction of new IT services; Performance management of IT service provisioning; Summary; Managing the cost of IT: Introduction; Cost of IT; Understanding IT Cost; Controlling the cost of IT; Focus of IT optimization; Summary; Measuring the added value of IT: Introduction; Context of value; The business value of the organization; The business value of the IT department; The business value of IT investments; The investment proposal (the business case); Financing the investments; Summary; Managing the IT portfolio: Introduction; Strategy and strategy alignment; The role of architectures in IT performance management; Practical approaches to the alignment of business and IT; Managing the demand axis of the IT portfolio; Managing the supply axis of the IT portfolio; Managing IT performance; Summary; The Marketplace for IT Services: Introduction; Classification of marketplaces; The internal marketplace of IT Services; IT services in the context of the IT value chain; The maturity of IT service provisioning; Pricing and charging of IT services; IT vendor management; Summary; Sourcing and Managing a Mixed IT Portfolio: Introduction; Building an IT sourcing strategy; Crafting IT sourcing deals; Managing the integral IT services portfolio; Some lessons learned in outsourcing IT; Summary; Organizing the Demand and Supply of IT: Introduction; The key roles in IT performance management; Model A- Decentralized in business units; Model B- Centralized in corporate information services; Model C- the service centre; Model D- Business and IT fusion; Illustrating the IT Value Perception Model: Introduction; Level 1- IT is a facility; Level 2- IT is a service; Level 3- IT is a partner; Level 4- IT is an enabler; Back to Business: Introduction; IT value perception model; Self-assessment checklist; The 10 next steps per percetion level; The growth path through the IT value perception model; Practical guide on migration; Glossary; Bibliography.

O autorze

Peter Wiggers, Henk Kok, Maritha de Boer-de Wit