This article highlights a number of points we've discussed in previous IT BRM/IT BP forums, including shadow IT, business relationships, IT spend and value. The next forum is taking place on Thursday 23rd of November in central London. Please get in touch at hello@gilbertscottassociates.co.uk if you’re interested in joining us.
We're delighted to say the latest IT BRM/IT BP forum is now confirmed for Thursday 23rd of November in central London (not Friday 24th of November as originally suggested). To review the format of the day and register your interest please click on the external article link.
Some useful tips that will help IT BRMs/IT Business Partners move up the maturity model.
Business and IT-alignment” has been a top issue for CIOs throughout the last 15 years. This is further evidence of the importance of the IT BRM/IT Business Partner role within an organisation.
What I’m beginning to see more and more are roles being advertised as IT BRM/IT Business Partners when on further review of the roles and responsibilities, they are clearly not.
It’s good to see the business vs IT relationship is mentioned as one of the 12.
Will this be a growing trend as CIOs become more business facing and strategic, rather than operational?
Some good tips that should be taken into account when setting up/running an IT BRM/IT BP function.
According to the PwC survey referenced in this article 64% of respondents said lack of collaboration between IT and business is to blame. This further demonstrate the value IT BRMs/IT Business Partners can provide if used (correctly).
Interestingly such IT-related priorities, cited by 31% of CEO’s, have never been this high in the history of the survey.