Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Minnesota United States
Business Systems Consultant at Pragmatic Cohesion Consulting, LLC
Technology / Software / Internet
During my 20+ year career as an IT professional, I have come to realize that alignment between any two parties is ultimately grounded in a mutual belief that a particular set of goals is of value to the other party. In other words, it is not enough that one party believes in these goals and that the other party also does; it is also required that each party believes that the other party believes in these goals. The prerequisite for Business and IT alignment, is that Business and IT must each believe in the organization's goals, and Business and IT must also each believe that the other party believes in these same goals. The challenge of Business and IT alignment then revolves around the m...