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Making technology investments profitable : ROI road map from business case to value realization / Jack M. Keen

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Hoboken, N.J : Wiley, c2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 2nd ed (Online-Ausg.)Description: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxv, 294 p.)) : illISBN:
  • 9781283072489
  • 1283072483
  • 9781118028582
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780470194003 | 9781118028582 | 9781118028599 | 9781118028605 | 1855754827 | Erscheint auch als: 1855754827 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 004.068
  • BUS061000
RVK: RVK: QP 345 | ST 520LOC classification:
  • HD30.2
Online resources: Summary: A guide to getting the crucial business case right?every time Showing professionals how to calculate the value of typical budgeting and funding requests quickly and easily, Making Technology Investments Profitable, Second Edition applies the "Value Realization" process, using proven strategies that maximize the business payoff from IT projects. Filled with case studies, this innovative book enables managers to confidently quantify, in a matter of minutes, the true business value of funding a desired project. New edition explains how to proactively manage the conversion of a business case's value promise to its value realization Includes dozens of new case studies on realizing maximum value from IT enabled investments from various industries and around the world New checklists and tables A dedicated Web site containing additional material, case studies, chat rooms, and blogs on the value-realization process The Second Edition provides senior executives, project managers, and technical staff with new insights on how to get the crucial business case right, while also explaining how to proactively manage the conversion of the business case's value promise into the value reality of a completed project.Summary: Intro -- Making Technology Investments Profitable: ROI Road Map from Business Case to Value Realization -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Understanding Value Leaks: Major Threats to Program Success -- Chapter 1: Why Value Leaks Torpedo Program Success -- When IT Program Problems Are Really Value Leakage Problems -- How Value Leakage Problems Torpedo IT Success -- Top Ten Danger Areas for Value Leaks -- The Business Case: The High Cost of Not Getting It Right -- The Business Case: Flawed Afterthought or IT Value Star? -- Spotting Business Case Defects -- Eight Ways Good Business Cases Shape Program Success -- Chapter 2: Being "On-Value": The Essential Third Pillar of Investment Success -- Why Value Leaks Persist: Finding the Root Cause -- Managing to "On-Value": The Ultimate Success Measure -- Part Two: Flushing Out Value Leaks: A Guided Journey -- Chapter 3: Avoiding Half-Right "Fixes -- Need for a Value Improvement Strategy -- Half-Right Value Strategies -- Characteristics of an Effective Value Improvement Strategy -- Chapter 4: Introducing the Value Practices Audit -- Why a Value Practices Audit? -- Where Leaks Typically Hang Out -- Overview of the Value Practices Audit -- Scope of the Audit -- Guiding Principles for the Audit's Design -- Effort and Duration of the Audit -- Using Audit Results -- Relationship of the Value Practices Audit to "Quick Audits" Found Elsewhere in This Book -- How to Apply the Value Practices Audit -- Chapter 5: Evaluating Value Practice Areas -- Understanding and Using the Value Practices Audit -- Section A. Auditing the Business Case -- 1. Value Practices Audit Profile for the Business Case -- 2. Nature and Importance of the Business Case -- 3. Tips for Recognizing the Trustworthiness of a Business Case -- Section B: Auditing the Value Flow Map.PPN: PPN: 807333956Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PBE | ZDB-30-PQE
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