Research Briefings

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No. Title
IX-1 The Future of the CIO
Author(s): Peter Weill, Stephanie L. Woerner
VIII-3A Reuse and SOA: Recalibrating Expectations
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Chris Curran, Jason Chapman
VIII-3B Delivering Digitized Business Processes: Relocation, Consolidation, Platform Integration
Author(s): Peter Weill, Nils Fonstad, Mani Subramani
VIII-3C How Mature Is Your IT Risk Management?
Author(s): George Westerman, Brian Barnier
VIII-2A Engaging Non-IT Executives in IT Infrastructure Investments
Author(s): Nils O. Fonstad, Mani Subramani
VIII-2B Managing the IT Portfolio (Updated Circa 2008): It's All About What's New
Author(s): Peter Weill, Stephanie L. Woerner, Howard A. Rubin
VIII-2C Campbell Soup Company: Governance of a Business Transformation
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Cynthia M. Beath
VIII-2D Meeting the Challenge of Innovation
Author(s): George Westerman
VIII-2E Web 2.0: Investing in Firm-Wide Change
Author(s): Stephanie L. Woerner
VIII-1A How CIOs Allocate Their Time
Author(s): Peter Weill, Stephanie L. Woerner
VIII-1B Building a Global Operating Platform at Swiss Reinsurance Company
Author(s): Yury Zaytsev, Jeanne W. Ross
VIII-1C Vendor Innovation as a Strategic Option
Author(s): George Westerman, Garrett Dodge
VIII-1D Implementing Your Operating Model Via IT Governance
Author(s): Peter Weill, Jeanne Ross
VII-3A Governance of Global Shared Solutions at Procter and Gamble
Author(s): Peter Weill, Christina Soh, Sia Siew Kien
VII-3B Business Process Ownership Comes of Age
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Arthur Villa
VII-3C Joint Participation to Achieve Enterprise-wide Synergies: When It Pays Off and When It Hurts
Author(s): Nils Fonstad, Mani Subramani
VII-3D Tackling the Organizational Change Issues in IT Projects
Author(s): Stephanie L. Woerner, Jeanne W. Ross
VII-3E Managing the IT-Enabled Innovation Portfolio
Author(s): George Westerman
VII-2A Architecting Agility: How IT Creates Opportunities for Profitable Growth
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Donna Pitteri, Cynthia M. Beath
VII-2B Business Process Standards: Deployment, Readiness, and Success
Author(s): Viswanath Venkatesh
VII-2C Who Owns Strategy Execution in Your Company?
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill
VII-2D Which Business Models are Valued More by Investors
Author(s): Peter Weill, Thomas W. Malone, Richard K. Lai, George Herman, Thomas G. Apel, Stephanie L. Woerner
VII-2E IT-Enabling Innovation at Intel
Author(s): George Westerman, Martin Curley
VII-1A Building A Business Agility Platform
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Donna Pitteri
VII-1B Enhancing Engagement at BT: An Update
Author(s): Nils O. Fonstad
VII-1C Ten Ways Business Executives Can Improve IT Risk Management
Author(s): George Westerman, Richard Hunter
VII-1D Becoming More IT Savvy and Why It Matters
Author(s): Peter Weill, Stephanie Woerner, Sinan Aral, Anne Johnson
VI-3A Getting Higher Business Value from IT: The Non-IT Executive View
Author(s): George Westerman, Peter Weill
VI-3B IT Enabled Business Transformation: The Aetna Case
Author(s): Cyrus F. Gibson
VI-3C IT Capabilities: One Size Does Not Fit All
Author(s): Ritu Agarwal
VI-3D Design Priorities for the IT Unit of the Future
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross
VI-3E Engagement Matters: Enhancing Alignment with Governance Mechanisms
Author(s): Nils O. Fonstad
VI-2A What are the Business Models of US Firms?
Author(s): Peter Weill, Thomas Malone, Richard Lai, Victoria T. D'Urso, George Herman, Thomas Apel, Stephanie Woerner
VI-2B Envisioning the IT Organization of the Future
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Inna Sverdlova
VI-2C Expanding the Value from Outsourcing: the Role of Engagement Mechanisms
Author(s): Nils O. Fonstad
VI-2D An IT Value Based Capability Maturity Framework
Author(s): Martin Curley
VI-2E Build Specific IT Capabilities for both Current Performance and Business Agility
Author(s): George Westerman, Peter Weill, Mark McDonald
VI-1A How IT Savvy is Your Enterprise? Self Assessment and Benchmarking
Author(s): Peter Weill, Sinan Aral
VI-1B The Hidden Benefits of IT Chargeback
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Cynthia M. Beath
VI-1C Enabling Agility: People, Process, and Technology
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Cynthia M. Beath
VI-1D Linking Mechanisms at TD Banknorth
Author(s): Nils O. Fonstad, David Robertson
VI-1E Business Agility and IT Capabilities
Author(s): George Westerman, Peter Weill, Mark McDonald
V-3A Managing the IT Portfolio (Update Circa 2005): Where Did the Infrastructure Go?
Author(s): Peter Weill, Anne Johnson
V-3B What Makes an IT Risk Management Process Effective?
Author(s): George Westerman
V-3C Forget Strategy: Focus IT on Your Operating Model
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross
V-2A IT Savvy: Achieving Industry Leading Returns from your IT Portfolio
Author(s): Peter Weill, Sinan Aral
V-2B Understanding the Benefits of Enterprise Architecture
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill
V-2C What Makes an Effective CIO? The Perspective of Non-IT Executives
Author(s): George Westerman, Peter Weill
V-1A Sustainable Value from Outsourcing: Finding the Sweet Spot
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Cynthia M. Beath
V-1B How Effective Is Your IT Governance?
Author(s): Peter Weill, Jeanne W. Ross
V-1C Engaging for Change: An Overview of the IT Engagement Model
Author(s): Nils O. Fonstad, David Robertson
V-1D The IT Risk Pyramid: Where to Start with Risk Management
Author(s): Georg Westerman
IV-3A Generating Strategic Benefits from Enterprise Architecture
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross
IV-3B IT Savvy Pays Off
Author(s): Peter Weill, Aral
IV-3C What are the Key Capabilities of Effective CIOs?
Author(s): George Westerman, Peter Weill
IV-3D Realizing IT-Enabled Change: The IT Engagement Model
Author(s): Nils O. Fonstad, David Robertson
IV-2A IT Governance & Strategic Drivers-Agility, Synergy, Autonomy
Author(s): Peter Weill, Francisco Gonzalez-Meza Hoffman, Mark McDonald, Marianne Broadbent
IV-2B Maturity Matters: How Firms Generate Value from Enterprise Architecture
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross
IV-2C Building IT Risk Management Effectiveness
Author(s): George Westerman
IV-2D Is Virtual Education as Good as a Classroom?
Author(s): George Westerman
IV-1A Managing the IT Portfolio: Returns from the Different IT Asset Classes
Author(s): Peter Weill, Sinan Aral
IV-1B Enterprise Architecture: Depicting a Vision of the Firm
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross
IV-1C Understanding the Enterprise's IT Risk Profile
Author(s): George Westerman
IV-1D Project Governance at USAA
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross
III-3A How Top Performers Govern IT
Author(s): Peter Weill
III-3B Planning a Strategic Outsourcing Profile
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Nils O. Fonstad
III-2A Who Makes Better IT Decisions-Business or IT Managers
Author(s): Peter Weill, Christine Foglia
III-2B Leveraging the Incumbent's Advantage in Technology-Enabled Business Initiatives
Author(s): George Westerman
III-2C Evolving Competencies for IT Outsourcing
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, George Westerman
III-1A Aligning IT Architecture with Organizational Realities
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, David Robertson, George Westerman, Nils O. Fonstad
III-1B Core Incompetencies
Author(s): Jeffrey L. Sampler
III-1C Managing the IT Portfolio (Update Circa 2003)
Author(s): Peter Weill, Sinan Aral
III-1D Information-At Last
Author(s): John F. Rockart
II-3A Six IT Decisions Your IT People Shouldn't Make
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill
II-3B Customer Data as Competitive Asset
Author(s): Gormley, Jeanne W. Ross
II-3C Organizing for “Bricks and Clicks” E-Business
Author(s): George Westerman
II-3D Pressure Testing and Changing the IT Organization
Author(s): Cyrus F. Gibson
II-3E Describing and Assessing IT Governance-The Governance Arrangements Matrix
Author(s): Peter Weill, Marianne Broadbent
II-2A Stages of IT Architecture: Pursuing Alignment and Agility
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill
II-2B IT Infrastructure for Strategic Agility
Author(s): Peter Weill, Mani Subramani, Marianne Broadbent
II-2C Synchronizing IT Management Practices for Business Value
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Cynthia M. Beath, Mani Subramani
II-2D Web Aggregators
Author(s): Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel
II-1A Distinctive Styles of IT Architecture
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill
II-1B Value Creation in Mobile Commerce
Author(s): Sirkka Jarvenpaa
II-1C A Senior Management Briefing on IT Infrastructure
Author(s): Peter Weill, Mani Subramani, Marianne Broadbent
II-1D Critical Success Factors: A 2002 Retrospective
Author(s): John F. Rockart
I-2A Strategic IT Investment
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Cynthia M. Beath
I-2B Effective IT Governance
Author(s): Peter Weill, Richard Woodham
I-2C Extend, Expand, Extract: Formula for Success in an Electronic Age
Author(s): Jeanne W. Ross, Michael Vitale, Peter Weill
I-1A Atomic e-Business Models
Author(s): Peter Weill, Michael Vitale
I-1B When IT Outsourcing Works
Author(s): Natalia Levina, Jeanne W. Ross

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