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	February 6, 2008 Justifying And Funding Infrastructure Investments by Craig Symons with Alex Cullen, Tim DeGennaro	Average: 7  (3 ratings)

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Executive Summary

IT-enabled business change investments by definition are linked to business strategic objectives and business benefits. These benefits can and should be quantified using an IT value methodology and documented in a business case. This makes for straightforward decision-making with respect to justifying and funding these proposed investments. IT infrastructure investments can rarely be linked directly to a single strategic business objective — making it much more difficult to quantify the business value. Furthermore, the benefits of many infrastructure investments are intangible and/or position the organization to realize benefits in the future, making them difficult to justify using standard financial tools and business case templates. As a result, many organizations try to fund these investments on faith without rigorous analysis of a business case and, too often, fail to get them funded at all. But it doesn't have to be this way — tools and techniques exist for valuing infrastructure investments.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Funding Infrastructure Investments Is Problematic At Best
• Infrastructure Value Can Be Measured — And New Investments Justified
• Hypothetical Example — Acme Wireless Network Infrastructure

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Establish An Infrastructure Value Chain

WHAT IT MEANS

• IT Is A Business
• Related Research Documents

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