Budget season should align strategy with financial discipline. Instead, many IT organizations get buried in spreadsheets, reconciliations, version-control chaos, and tense budget debates.
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An IT budget forecast can have a surprisingly short shelf life. The annual IT budget may have been approved only a few months ago, […]
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An executive begins a meeting with the question: Why did cloud storage costs jump this quarter? The answer exists somewhere. It may sit across […]
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Every year, the IT Financial Management Association brings together the people who run ITFM and TBM programs day to day. That includes the analysts […]
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Proving value of your ITFM program may not be at the top of your list of to-dos when planning and implementing a new ITFM […]
A successful IT Financial Management (ITFM) implementation requires more than technology. It requires alignment, stakeholder engagement, realistic expectations, and a clear roadmap for delivering […]
Successful ITFM implementation requires resources, communication, organization, and strategic and tactical alignment. In the last blog, we discussed the importance of creating a cross-functional […]
IT Financial Management (ITFM) has become one of the most important initiatives for any organization. When IT can improve service while lowering costs, everyone […]
In response to a set of increasingly burdensome operational inefficiencies, a state IT agency responsible for $60+ million in annual spend sought to replace […]
About a month ago, I attended a phenomenal IT Financial Management (ITFM) Week in Chicago. The weather was perfect, the presenters were excellent, and […]
This presentation deck explores different types, definitions, and naming conventions of overhead and the various methods for incorporating them into your cost of IT services. Presented at the 2018 ITFMA Conference in San Francisco.
This presentation deck explores how to develop an effective selection process to ensure a solid match between the strengths and capabilities of an ITFM solution, the background and knowledge base of the implementation staff, and the long term ITFM goals of an organization. Presented at the 2018 ITFMA Conference in San Francisco.
This presentation deck provides some basic foundational information about service costing and chargeback, discusses the pros and cons of various approaches, and reviews the impacts of various levels of granularity. Presented at ITFMA 2018 in San Francisco.