IT Strategy
Best Practices
Since the business or enterprise strategy is different from the IT strategy, the concept of strategic alignment refers to the need for alignment between businesses Strategy and IT goals and processes. A common technique used is a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis. SWOT can provide insight for strategic planning (Ali, 2014).
ITIL
The use of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) in IT Strategy is important to ensure that IT services are aligned to the needs of the business. It is used to guide organizations on how to use IT to transform and growth their business.
ITIL
SWOT Analysis
A tool used to create strategic plan by identifying 4 key principles (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) as illustrated in the following table
SWOT Analysis
Balanced scorecard
“A strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals” (“Balanced Scorecard Basics,” n.d.).