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What method of IT funding is the Chargeback
most equitable?
If you want to boost investments in Business Effectiveness
your infrastructure, the focus of your
firm is what?
If you want to boost investments in Business Efficiency
your transaction systems, the focus
of your firm is what?
If you are trying to lower your costs, Transactional Systems
what type of technology are you
going to invest in?
,What are the 2 common types of IT 1) Balanced Scorecard: Focuses attention on the
monitoring tools? organization's value drivers. Companies use
scorecard to assess the full impact of their
corporate strategies on their customers and
workforce as well as their financial
performance. Provide summary information
gathered over a period of time
2) IT Dashboards: Summarizes key metrics for
senior managers in a manner that provides
quick identification of the status of the
organization;
provides a snapshot of metrics at any given point in
time
In the early days of IT, who would - Before, the CIO reported to the CFO- The
role the CIO report to? And why? And was predominantly responsible for
controlling IT who does the CIO report to now? costs.
And why?
-Now, CIO reports to the CEO or the Board of
Directors due to the role being an official "C-Suite"
level position- Involved with operational and
strategic tasks related to IT. Responsible for all IT
responsibilities throughout the organization
, What are the 4 asset classes of IT 1) Transactional Sy stems: Streamline or cut costs
investments? on the way business is done (equivalent to Level
1
in the Business Maturity Model)
2)Infrastructure Sy stems: Provide the base
foundation of shared IT services used for multiple
applications such as servers, networks, tablets, or
smartphones (equivalent to Level 2 in the Business
Maturity Model)
3) Informational Sy stems: Provide information
used to control, manage, communicate, analyze,
or collaborate (equivalent to Level 2 in the
Business
Maturity Model)
4) Strategic Sy stems: Gain competitive
advantage in the marketplace (equivalent to
Level 3 in the Business Maturity Model)
What is a balanced approach to Federalism
managing a company's IT
organization?
What type of organization Centralized IS Organization
management does IT control most of
its' infrastructure in one location?
What type of organizational Federalism: A structuring approach that distributes
management should a company use power, hardware, software, data, and personnel
if it is attempting to obtain the between a central IS group and IS in business units.
advantages derived from both
centralized and decentralized
organizational paradigms?