IT collection Management
 
Communication
 
 
An effective partnership studied were those in which the CIO took initiative in discussing ITPM with business leaders and eventually transferred accountability to them. The solution for bridging the business-technology divide and improving results is early communication. Not only senior business managers must understand more about how IT affects both strategy and the bottom line, CIOs need to learn to communicate the vision, strategies and goals of the IT organization in terms non-IT executives can understand. Open sharing is crucial in this phase. 
 
 
Success
 
 
Following certain specific steps to establish or upgrade ITPM and by benchmarking against synchronized companies, large organizations can make IT an integral part of their competitive advantage. The most successful practitioners obtained cost savings of up to forty percent of pre-ITPM budgets, better alignment between IT spending and business objectives, and greater central coordination of IT investments across the organization. 
 
 
 
Causes
 
 
The inadequate IT portfolio management is the reason that most organizations struggle to demonstrate business gains from information-technology investments. An investigation at 130 companies, including Harrah's Entertainment, Waste Management and Blue Cross Blue Shield, produces the result that only seventeen percent are at the advanced, or synchronized, stage of ITPM. Scrutiny of that seventeen percent reveals best practices for successfully aligning IT with strategic goals.  This draw back should be solved. 
 
 
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