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== What is Business-IT alignment 。==<br />
* Business-IT alignment can refer to:<br />
** state in which an organization is able to use their IT effectively to achieve business objectives (used further down)<br />
** process in which the business goals and translated into IT systems<br />
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== Causes of misalignment。 ==<br />
* Differences in objectives, culture<br />
* Lack of incentives for IT people to understand business<br />
* Ignorance of the problem<br />
* Incompatible languages and not enough time spent on explaining business to IT people and IT constrains to business people<br />
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== Results of misalignment 。==<br />
* Useless software and hardware<br />
* Not satisfactory ROI from IT assets<br />
* Over complication of processes<br />
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== Possible Solutions 。==<br />
* Improve communication between IT and Business<br />
* Create system on incentives for IT people to achieve business goals<br />
* Set up IT governance processes<br />
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== Alignment Frameworks 。==<br />
* GRAAL<br />
* Henderson & Venkatraman<br />
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== Alternative Theories。 ==<br />
[[File:EA - Business IT Alignment.png]]<br />
* Unified<br />
** No distinction between IT and Management<br />
* Synced<br />
** Organization structure dictates the job done by an employee<br />
** It takes time to translated business requirements into IT<br />
* Aligned<br />
** Effective governance<br />
** Clear communication between IT and Business exist<br />
** Vocabulary is shared</div>Ahnboyoung