IT Portfolio Management: Unlocking the Business Value of...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 400 pages
• Published by: Wiley April 8, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471649848
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471649847
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

Product Review
"Among the works that are aimed more towards business leaders, IT Portfolio Management is certainly one of the most accessible." (Business Digest, March 2007)

Product Review
"As most industries evolve, they become increasingly commoditized and IT industry is no exception. Aggressively investing in IT is the right answer in order to achieve competitive differentiation in the marketplace. Successful businesses have long realized that developing unique, innovative business and delivery models, as well as fostering a network of global partnerships is the optimal way to deliver the results that global customers are looking for. IT Portfolio Management provides an all-inclusive approach and methodology on how to balance and align IT and business, and generate superior value and returns from IT investments while mitigating risk."--Scott McNealy
Chairman and CEO
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Reader Reviews
Paradigm shift is an overused term, but if there is a field in need of one, it is enterprise IT management. IT Portfolio Management presents the first detailed overview of an emerging, business-focused approach for managing all things IT. If you only buy and read one book on IT management this year, it should be this one. The introductory summation of just how bad things generally are in enterprise IT is worth the price alone. IT portfolio management ultimately presents the challenging idea of an overall, end to end value chain of IT investments, from initial idea inception through prioritization, delivery, management, optimization, and retirement. Handler and Maizlish propose the formal management of Discovery, Project, and Asset portfolios; their discussion of the Asset portfolio is a groundbreaking examination of issues that too many IT organizations are just beginning to face up to. This well written book has detailed case studies from Cisco, In-Q-Tel, and Excel Energy, and much specific guidance in the form of checklists, charts, tables, and more. I recently saw a figure of $800 billion per year for the combined expenditure on IT by US corporations. Given the massive size of this capital investment, it is very surprising how few substantive books there are written on its general issues. Technical publishing usually produces detailed reference guides that are soon obsolete; this book (like the recent _IT Governance_ by Weill and Ross) is in the smaller category of works that discuss more general issues of large scale IT management, and should have staying power far beyond the latest .Net tome. If you are in IT management or concerned with the architecture of IT enablement systems - buy it. Now!