CEOs and senior business executives have continually challenged IT organizations to demonstrate the value of their spend. Discussions around work priorities, value, and alignment with the business have always been 'evergreen' topics on the CIO agenda. As a practical matter, the hope has been that decisions resulting from these discussions are reflected in the spend levels and components of the IT budget.
The current economic crisis, however, is demonstrating that in many instances business and IT leaders are still unclear about the opportunities and consequences for reducing (or redirecting) IT spend levels. Unlike previous recessions, the role (and coupling) of IT in enabling business strategies and operations is much more complex – the consequences of spend cuts can have cascading effects and unintended consequences. At the same time, evolving technology trends present new opportunities for spend reduction which were not available in past times.
In his talk, Marc will describe some useful discussion/analytical frameworks for making more informed (and less risky) decisions around IT spend reduction, as well as some real world examples where such techniques have been applied. A series of action steps will also be discussed to illustrate how organizations can quickly put this thinking into action and build confidence/trust with senior business leaders in these troubled times.
Who should attend?
Senior Business, Finance and IT Executives.