computerworld
ExEcutivE
BriEfings
Making Business
sense of it
Technology may make business processes
efficient, but business is giving IT its purpose.
executive summary
RunninginParallel ................................ 2
managing aLignment
Natural IT-Business Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Fixers: Turnaround CIOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What Alignment Really Means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Stayin’Aligned .................................. 10
standard Procedure
Business in the Driver’s Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ChartaGovernanceCourse ...................... 15
Balancing Global Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
reducing risky Behavior
MeetingExpectations ............................ 19
DisasterSurvivalTips ............................ 21
Smooth Mergers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
strategic insights from the editors of comPuterworLd
