The Importance of Technology Prioritization to Accelerate Your Organization’s Transformation

This IDC Perspective discusses how the governance and prioritization of IT projects and services are important but can be daunting to implement and then lead. One path to governance and prioritization success is to start with a method that will change as the process matures and as the environment changes. This document provides guidelines that improve the likelihood of success when incorporated with a commitment to prioritization and the technology leaders' persistence in working through the issues. The result is a comprehensive technology portfolio.“A discussion of the prioritization of technology services should start with a conversation about the organization’s governance model, whether centralized, decentralized, or federated,” says Niel Nickolaisen, adjunct research advisor for IDC’s IT Executive Programs (IEP). “The approach to prioritization will depend on that model, with each approach having strengths and weaknesses.”