Practical Implementation of IT Strategy

Practical Implementation of IT Strategy

The Venkatraman model for strategic alignment offers a framework for understanding the organizational drivers for technological development and alignment. These drivers will change over time and alter the loci of the decisions that will affect the technological strategy.
However, strategy should not change over the short term. How then does the organization resolve conflicts in the direction of organizational drivers of technology strategy? I would posit that the perspectives offered in Venkatraman's framework should be viewed as being inclusive in the development of IT strategy and that the resolution of conflicts will be dependent on the technological maturity of the organisation.

This is because the technological maturity of the organisation will impact positively on the ability of the various stakeholder to understand and appreciate the perspective of others in relation to the perceived developmental and maintenance requirement of the IT infrastructure.

With this maturity comes a realism which tempers what is ideal with what is optimum. i.e. sunk costs will have the major influence.

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		0 Maria Ford MBA, USA
	Strategic Alignment and In-House Talent As reflected in the Venkatraman framework diagram, the IT and business domains are reliant on each o... Sign up

		0 Sunil Attarde, India
	Business & IT Strategy Good Article/post - Summarizes in nut-shell How IT & Business strategies impact each other and can ... Sign up

		0 Ken Gordon Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
	Strategic Alignment and In-House Talent. The technological platform of an organisation must necessarily be considered as the primary driver o... Sign up

		0 usman, Pakistan
	IT & Business Strategy Good overview of the effect of IT on Business Strategy. But it has given so much importance on IT. I... Sign up

		0 Mark Tocco, USA
	Alignment as Process The Venkatraman Framework is useful for establishing possible perspectives. Alignment achievement ... Sign up

		0 Scott Scott CxO / Board, United Kingdom
	No Practical Application Whilst the strategic alignment model is of conceptual interest it has little or no practical value w... Sign up

		0 Ken Gordon Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
	No Practical Application Hi Scott, I have read your post with great interest and would agree that whilst 'Strategic Alignment... Sign up

		0 Ken Gordon Strategy Consultant, United Kingdom
	Alignment as Process @Mark Tocco: Hi Mark, I agree with all that you have said regarding the continuous nature of Strateg... Sign up