For CIOs (Length: 14 pages)

November 3, 2008

Service Portfolio Management Links IT Capabilities To Business Value

SPM Provides The Transparency That Is Essential To The BT Transformation

by Craig Symons

with Alex Cullen, Alexander Peters, Ph.D., Brandy Worthington


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Many IT organizations struggle to demonstrate the value of IT to the business. Business stakeholders find IT to be impenetrable, a black box. Much of this is a result of IT's culture of acquiring and operating assets (e.g., servers, storage, networks, etc.), being inwardly focused, and speaking a different language. Implementing service portfolio management (SPM) helps CIOs transform IT assets and their associated costs into business services that they can price and link to business value. IT's position within the firm morphs from a cost center to a value-added service provider with transparency into its operations and spending. But making this transformation takes a large change management effort that requires vision, planning, and execution.

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NOTES & RESOURCES

itemCIOs Remain Under Pressure To Explain The Value Delivered By IT

itemThe Four Building Blocks Of Service Portfolio Management

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itemThe Transformation To BT Requires Service Portfolio Management

Forrester's numerous interactions with vendor and user companies are the basis for this report.

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Analyst: Craig Symons
Technology: IT Management, IT Organization, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Serving the Business
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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