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ese are only two coarse examples of metrics that can be gathered at
the profiling stage. More detailed metrics can be created to more pre-
cisely monitor the state of the environment in the context of business
goals. Remember that processes in a VM program are intended to
align with business goals as articulated in the program charter.
Figure 7.4 shows an IT asset alignment report. is is useful to
senior IT management in gauging the level of spend or asset commit-
ment to a given business segment. It is generally considered common
business practice to rely on annual budget and expenditure reports to
determine ...