Value Imperative

Gerald G. Grant is Director of the PhD Program, Director of the Centre for Information Technology, Organizations, and People (CITOP) and Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Dr Grant’s work focuses on the strategic management of information systems in organizations, particularly on issues around governance of IT in organizational and inter-organizational settings. He has consulted internationally for organizations such as the Commonwealth Secretariat in the U.K., the COMNET Foundation in Malta and the Government of Jamaica. Dr Grant is also a member of the Advisory Board of DPI-The Association of Public Sector Information Professionals in Canada. He is currently an Associate Editor of Information and Management and IT for Development journals. He was previously Senior Associate Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems and Associate Editor of the Journal for Global Information Management.Robert Collins is an experienced technology executive with more than thirty years’ experience in both the private and public sector.  He has held positions as a product business line executive as well as Chief Information Officer.  During his career, he has had the opportunity to work with organizations all over the world. He is now a Consulting Executive who works with large organizations to maximize the value they get from information technology.  As well, Robert mentors high-tech startups and provides professional development training.

• 1. Business and IT Challenges for Today’s Organization.- 2. The Value Cycle.- 3. The Engineering Model of Business-IT Alignment.- 4. The Agricultural Model.- 5. The Value Realization Cycle.- 6. Governing IT Service Delivery.- 7. Enterprise Architecture.- 8. IT Investment Portfolio.- 9. Sourcing IT Services.- 10. Measuring IT Value Delivery.- 11. ROI.- 12. The Role of Leadership.- 13. It’s Not About Technology; It’s About Value.