“IT Versus the Organization” on Information Week; December 8 2017. Also on: IT Breaking News.
Although IT and business leaders have long crossed swords on the importance of various technology-related issues, such disputes become more critical — and potentially destructive — in an era when tech plays such a fundamental role in business success. “The goal of the enterprise is to serve its clients and customers,” said Alan Zucker, founding principal of Project Management Essentials, a project management consulting firm based in Arlington, Va. “All components and divisions of the enterprise should be united, supporting the strategic goals of the whole company.”
Conflicts between IT and the organization should never be viewed as zero-sum games. “It’s not a matter of IT losing and the business winning,” Zucker observed. “IT and business should be working together — collaboratively — to promote strategic outcomes for the organization.”