Classifying And Categorizing IT Investments — The Forrester Technology Investment Matrix

Air Date: Monday, March 01, 2010

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: CIOs

Description:

IT organizations are often faced with evaluating investment opportunities that span the gamut from infrastructure improvements to new business applications and from risk mitigation to strategic outsourcing. Over the years, a number of frameworks for evaluating potential investments were created to categorize investment types, much like stocks, bonds, money market accounts, and annuities. With a slight tweaking of these models, a practical framework that can be easily applied to IT investments emerges. This framework should be used to classify technology investments, insure that the proper metrics and SLAs are in place, group spending by goals to confirm portfolio balance and asset allocations, and enhance the communication process about the role and responsibilities of the IT organization.

Agenda:

• A brief background on technology investment models
• An introduction to the Forrester Technology Investment Matrix
• Using the Forrester Technology Investment Matrix to ensure proper investment focus

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