Business Agility: IT Proactive Partner ...

To support the need for business agility, IT must be a proactive partner in engaging with the business. Todd R. Weiss covers the theme at the Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders conference. ...

... "Bringing in new technology ideas -- and sharing those ideas early on with users so they can weigh in with what they need, want and expect from an IT project -- is key to delivering a successful IT deployment. " ...

Business Agility: IT Proactive Partner: Via Computerworld Premier 100: IT can pave the way for business agility, panelists say ...

This message is consistent with recent research findings from the IT Governance Institute: (1) IT has a pretty good understanding of the business, (2) IT is not very proactive at exploring new business technology opportunities with the business. ...

... "Observation: A small majority (55 percent) of IT departments always or regularly inform the business about potential business opportunities." ...

Via IT Governance Institute: IT Governance Global Status Report—2006 (PDF) ...

So, here's an opportunity for the IT organization ... Get some early, raw ideas in front of your business partners and start getting some feedback.