Proving the value of IT - Part four
Various frameworks can help change how an organisation perceives — and more importantly, measures — value. Change, however, is the key word.
Various frameworks can help change how an organisation perceives — and more importantly, measures — value. Change, however, is the key word.
The ongoing issue with the value debate is its subjectivity; value is a perceptive judgement that must, by necessity of a business case, be quantified, particularly when each project must be signed off by the chief financial officer. And therein lies the problem, says Capability Management partner, Vince Gill.
To some extent, organisations are being held back from realising the value of IT projects by the very way in which they measure success. Too often, it is based solely on the business case.