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You Need IT Funding, and IT Needs Returns

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Congratulations! Your hard work is starting to pay off, and your IT-enabled business strategy is gaining traction and getting nods from all the right places—your boss, your peers, the CIO, and the leaders in IT. In your mind, it’s time to stop planning and start doing.

Hold on. In reality, it’s time to stop planning and start begging for money to turn your ideas into reality. To get funding, you need to navigate the IT demand management process to prove that you’re investing wisely in IT. And, yes, the process is as bad as its name. Bad, but necessary, given the unquenchable thirst for IT services and ...

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