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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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