Christine Schoaff is a senior IT specialist at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The University of Florida shares how IT strategic planning is setting it on course to add efficiencies and ...

As a business owner, you need a well-thought out business plan to help you run your business. Without such a plan, you run the risk of running around in ways that have little to do with generating ...

The IT strategic plan is often a budget document in disguise; if so, send it to the Finance committee first. here's what doing it all will cost; and, here's how IT costs and benefits to the ...

As the old saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail. Good leaders know that forethought and preparation are necessary to succeed in this sense. Yet, it's not unusual for founders, executives ...

Strategic planning is important to an organization to define values, create a cohesive visions, chart a direction and set goals for future growth. The process begins with statement of company vision ...

The following is a blog post reprinted with permission from AchieveIt.Okay, so this is going to be one of those “you’ve got to be kidding me” moments, what many of us call a BFO: Blinding Flash of the ...

Almost two-thirds of companies have little or no strategic IT planning. That was the troubling conclusion of a recent survey conducted by analyst CSC, which also showed that only 7 percent of those ...

Turn your strategic plan into a specific operational plan with these steps and examples. An annual plan is an operational plan that indicates specific goals and objectives for a particular program or ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

In today’s fast-paced digital economy, strategic risk management is a fundamental aspect of any successful business, but despite this, the concept remains widely misunderstood. Strategic risks are ...

It has been said that if you are not planning to succeed, you’re planning to fail. A lack of planning will lead to the demise of an organization, especially the fire service. Strategic planning is one ...