IT Value Metric: ROA

Here's an interesting proposal for valuing IT investments using return on assets, similar to capital intensive industries such as the oil industry. ...

... "Kyte contended that IT should now value its investments based on a different metric: return on assets. ROA would enable IT departments to measure success based on the return it gains from assets already deployed in the infrastructure and help IT better plan for future assets going forward. " ...

Via Computerworld: Gartner on technology